Pedro Goić Explained

Pedro Goić
Nationality:Croatian
Sport:Athletics
Event:Hammer throw
Birth Date:23 March 1896
Birth Place:Pražnice, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Zagreb, Croatia

Petar "Pedro" Goić (23 March 1896 – 19 January 1995) was a Croatian-Chilean track and field athlete who specialised in the hammer throw. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.[1]

After migrating to Chile, he won the silver medal in the hammer behind Federico Kleger at the 1927 South American Championships in Athletics, before going on to best Kleger to the gold medal at the 1931 South American Championships in Athletics.[2] Upon his return to Yugoslavia he placed ninth at the 1934 European Championships.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Pedro Goić Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003617/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/pedro-goic-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 20 January 2018.
  2. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/sac.htm South American Championships (Men)
  3. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/31/44/StatisticsHandbookZ%C3%BCrich2014_Neutral.pdf European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK