Dragan Mustapić Explained

Dragan Mustapić (born 23 March 1963) is a male discus thrower from Croatia. His personal best throw was 64.40 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Ljubljana. He also had 18.39 metres in the shot put, achieved in December 2005 in Toronto.

Mustapić was born in Imotski.[1] He was a five-time Yugoslav discus throw champion (1987–1991)[2] and was the first Yugoslav discus thrower to surpass 60 meters.[3] He finished seventh at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at the 1995 World Championships, the 1998 European Championships,[4] as well as the Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004[1] without reaching the final.

Mustapić has a B.Sc. degree in criminology[5] and a Ph.D. in economics.[3] During his sports career, he was an officer in the Croatian Army.[5] As of 2019, he attained a rank of colonel, and was teaching at the Franjo Tuđman Military Academy in Zagreb.[6]

Achievements

Representing
1987UniversiadeZagreb, Yugoslavia8th54.79 m
Mediterranean GamesLatakia, Syria4th57.12 m
1989UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany9th56.39 m
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain29th (q)48.80 m
Representing
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden41st (q)53.54 m
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States27th (q)57.94 m
1997Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy6th57.04 m
1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary27th (q)54.73 m
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia34th (q)58.10 m
2001Mediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia7th58.45 m
2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece34th (q)54.66 m

References

  1. Web site: Dragan Mustapić. Sports-Reference.com. 21 March 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090328110053/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/dragan-mustapic-1.html. 28 March 2009.
  2. Web site: Yugoslavian Championships.
  3. Web site: Prvi olimpijci BiH: Živi, zdravi i zaboravljeni.
  4. Web site: European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 Statistics Handbook. 58. 20 April 2015.
  5. Web site: Mustapić bez značajnog rezultata - Sportnet.
  6. Web site: Jutarnji list - PUKOVNIKA MUSTAPIĆA U VOJNOM UČILIŠTU STAVILI NA LED do daljnjega ne smije predavati jer je rekao da je 'Medački džep' bila štetna akcija. 6 March 2019.