Birth Date: | 15 August 1932 |
Birth Place: | Karlovac, Yugoslavia |
Death Date: | 19 June 1994 (aged 61) |
Death Place: | Zagreb, Croatia |
Height: | 185 cm |
Weight: | 100 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Hammer throw |
Club: | Partizan Beograd |
Pb: | 63.89 m (1960)[1] |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Krešimir "Krešo" Račić (15 August 1932 – 19 June 1994) was a Croatian hammer thrower. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and placed sixth in 1956. He won a gold medal in the 1959 Mediterranean Games and a bronze in the 1959 Summer Universiade. During his career Račić had a strong domestic rivalry with Zvonko Bezjak, with Račić winning the Yugoslav title in 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1964 and Bezjak in 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1963.