Draga Stamejčič Explained

Birth Date:1936 2, df=y
Birth Place:Ljubljana, Slovenia
Death Date:August 2015
Height:1.67m (05.48feet)
Weight:66kg (146lb)
Sport:Athletics
Event:Hurdles, pentathlon
Club:AK Olimpija, Ljubljana
Pb:80 mH – 10.73 (1964)
Pentathlon – 4790 (1964)
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Draga Stamejčič (Slovenian: Драга Стамејчић, 27 February 1937 – August 2015) was a Slovenian athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics.[1] In 1960 she was eliminated in the heats of the 80 m hurdles event. Two weeks before the 1964 Games she set a world record in the hurdles, but at the Olympics finished only seventh due to a knee injury. She also finished fifth in the pentathlon. The knee injury required an extensive operation and resulted in her retirement around mid-1960s. She married, gave birth to twins and devoted herself to the family. In 2012, she was inducted into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: First Slovenian Athlete to Set World Record Dies. 16 August 2015. The Slovenia Times. 17 August 2015. 27 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927232159/http://www.sloveniatimes.com/first-slovenian-athlete-to-set-world-record-dies. dead.