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) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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.