Ivona Dadic
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Ivona Dadic (2016) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||
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December 29, 1993 Wels, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Austria | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ivona Dadic (Croatian: Ivona Dadić; 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]
Early life and career
Ivona Dadic (Linz, 2016)
Ivona Dadić was born on 29 December 1993 in Wels, Austria to Nino and Danica Dadić, who are ethnic Croats from Bugojno. Dadić was raised as a Roman Catholic.[3][4] At the age of nine she won her first competition. Her brother Ivan died in 2008 in car accident so she has a tattoed cross on her left hand with his name. In 2015 Dadić won a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships with 6033 points.[5] One year later she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Amsterdam with 6408 points.[6]
Awards
- Večernjakova domovnica (Večernji list) - Best Sportswoman in Croatian diaspora[7]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 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 | |
Personal bests
- 200 m: 23.96 (June 2012)
- 800 m: 2:10.67 (May 2012)
- 100 m hurdles: 13.83 (July 2016)
- High jump: 1.80 (August 2012)
- Long jump: 6.49 (June 2016)
- Shot put: 14.10 (July 2016)
- Javelin throw: 52.48 (September 2015)
- Heptathlon: 6408 (July 2016) NR
References
- ↑ "Ivona Dadic ist neue Integrations-Botschafterin der Stadt Wels". www.meinbezirk.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Women's Heptathlon". London2012.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- ↑ "IVONA DADIĆ: austrijska atletičarka hrvatskih korijena". Fenix magazin. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Olimpijka Ivona Dadić uživala na vjenčanju u Splitu". Fenix magazin. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Siebenkampf: U23-EM-Bronze und Rekord für Ivona Dadic". derStandard.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "EM-Bronze für Siebenkämpferin Ivona Dadic". nachrichten.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ↑ "Najbolji sportaši su Duvnjak i Ivona Dadić, a pjevači Dado Kukić i Karolina Kovač". Večernji list. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
External links
- Ivona Dadic profile at IAAF
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