| Stipe Žunić | |
| Nationality: | Croatian |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | Shot put |
| Collegeteam: | University of Florida[1] |
| Coach: | Marko Mastelić |
| Highestranking: | 11th (2018)[2] |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 1990 |
| Height: | 1.93 m |
| Weight: | 130 kg |
Stipe Žunić (born 13 December 1990) is a Croatian athlete specialising in the shot put, having switched from the javelin throw in 2013. He finished third at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics, fourth at the 2014 European Athletics Championships and seventh at the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Before switching to athletics in 2008, he competed in kick-boxing. He is a former World Junior Champion in that discipline, winning 65 out of his 70 fights.[3] Žunić took up javelin throw, but suffered a major injury. After elbow surgery in 2013, Žunić switched to shot put.[4]
He studied sociology at the University of Florida in Gainesville.[3]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 29th (q) | Shot put (5 kg) | 17.12 m |
| 7th | Javelin throw (700g) | 70.25 m | |||
| European Youth Olympic Festival | Belgrade, Serbia | 3rd | Javelin throw (700g) | 70.98 m | |
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 18th (q) | Javelin throw | 62.44 m |
| 2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 11th | Javelin throw | 69.53 m |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 4th | Shot put | 20.68 m |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 7th | Shot put | 20.28 m |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 8th | Shot put | 19.95 m |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11th | Shot put | 20.04 m | |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 5th | Shot put | 21.04 m |
| London, United Kingdom | 3rd | Shot put | 21.46 m | ||
| 2018 | Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 2nd | Shot put | 20.21 m |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 7th | Shot put | 20.73 m | |
Outdoor
Indoor