Ivona Dadic Explained

Nationality:	Austrian
Birth Date:	29 December 1993
Birth Place:	Wels, Austria
Height:	1.79 m
Weight:	64 kg
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	Heptathlon
Updated:	2 March 2018

Ivona Dadic (born 29 December 1993) is an Austrian track and field athlete of Croatian descent.^[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.^[2] At the 2020 Summer Olympics she finished 8th.^[3]

Early life and career

Ivona Dadić was born on 29 December 1993 in Wels, Austria to Nine and Danica Dadić, who are from Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dadić was raised as a Roman Catholic.^{[4] [5]} At the age of nine she won her first competition. Her brother Ivan died in 2008 in car accident so she has a tattooed cross on her left hand with his name. In 2015 Dadić won a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships with 6033 points.^[6] One year later she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Amsterdam with 6408 points.^[7]

Dadić competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She achieved three personal bests—in long jump, javelin, and the 800 meter—finishing 25th overall.^[8]

Awards

• Večernjakova domovnica (Večernji list) - Best Sportswoman in Croatian diaspora^[9]

Competition record

Representing
2011	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	10th	Heptathlon	5455 pts
2012	Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom	25th	Heptathlon	5935 pts
2013	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	5th	Heptathlon	5874 pts
2015	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	3rd	Heptathlon	6033 pts (NR)
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	3rd	Heptathlon	6408 pts (NR)
	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	21st	Heptathlon	6155 pts
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Pentathlon	4767 pts (NR)
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	6th	Heptathlon	6417 pts (NR)
2018	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	bgcolor=silver	2nd	Pentathlon	4700 pts
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	4th	Heptathlon	6552 pts
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	4th	Pentathlon	4702 pts
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	–	Heptathlon	DNF
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	4th	Pentathlon	4587 pts
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	8th	Heptathlon	6403 pts
2022	European Championships	Munich, Germany	–	Heptathlon	DNF

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 200 m

23.69 (July 2017)

• 800 m

2:10.67 (May 2012)

• 100 m hurdles

13.83 (July 2016)

• High jump

1.83 (July 2017)

• Long jump

6.49 (June 2016)

• Shot put

14.44 (July 2017)

• Javelin throw

52.48 (September 2015)

• Heptathlon

6408 (July 2016) NRIndoor

• 800 m

2:13.15 (February 2018)

• 60 m hurdles

8.32 (March 2018)

• High jump

1.87 (March 2017)

• Long jump

6.41 (March 2017)

• Shot put

14.27 (March 2018)

• Pentathlon

4767 (March 2017) NR

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ivona Dadic ist neue Integrations-Botschafterin der Stadt Wels. www.meinbezirk.at. July 10, 2016.
2. Web site: Women's Heptathlon. London2012.com. August 3, 2012. December 9, 2012. https://archive.today/20121209213825/www.london2012.com/athletics/event/women-heptathlon/phase=atw700a00/index.html. dead.
3. Web site: Athletics DADIC Ivona - Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
4. Web site: IVONA DADIĆ: austrijska atletičarka hrvatskih korijena. 15 December 2012. Fenix magazin. July 10, 2016.
5. Web site: Olimpijka Ivona Dadić uživala na vjenčanju u Splitu. 13 August 2013. Fenix magazin. July 10, 2016.
6. Web site: Siebenkampf: U23-EM-Bronze und Rekord für Ivona Dadic. derStandard.at. July 10, 2016.
7. Web site: EM-Bronze für Siebenkämpferin Ivona Dadic. nachrichten.at. July 10, 2016.
8. Web site: "Super Saturday" For the Youth Olympic Games and YOG Ambassadors. Olympic.org. May 4, 2018.
9. Web site: Najbolji sportaši su Duvnjak i Ivona Dadić, a pjevači Dado Kukić i Karolina Kovač. Večernji list. July 10, 2016.