Kemal Mešić

Kemal Mešić

Personal information
Born	4 August 1985 Rogatica, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia)
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)
Weight	125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Shot put
Updated on 15 August 2012.

Kemal Mešić (born 4 August 1985, in Rogatica^[1]) is a shot putter and discus thrower from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He competed at the 2012 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final.

His personal best throw in shot put is 20.71 meters, achieved in May 2012 in Tucson, Arizona, USA, and 55.17 meters in discus throw, achieved in March 2008 in Split, Croatia.

He is currently a coach at the University of Virginia, where he has led a talented group of young throwers to great heights. While at UVA he has coached Filip Mihaljević to a massive lifetime best of 20.87m which Filip recently recorded at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	25th (q)	Discus (1.75 kg)	49.06 m
2005	European U23 Championships	Erfurt, Germany	22nd (q)	Discus	48.36 m
2007	European U23 Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	16th (q)	Shot put	17.19 m
			19th (q)	Discus	51.78 m
2009	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	9th	Shot put	17.96 m
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	9th	Shot put	18.37 m
2011	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	10th	Shot put	18.66 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	23rd (q)	Shot put	19.60 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	9th (q)	Shot put	19.71 m
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	4th	Shot put	19.60 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	22nd (q)	Shot put	18.98 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	15th (q)	Shot put	19.50 m
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	22nd (q)	Shot put	18.81 m
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	20th (q)	Shot put	19.04 m

References

1. Sports-Reference profile

External links

• Kemal Mešić profile at IAAF