Predrag Filipović (racewalker)

"Predrag Filipović (athlete)" redirects here. For the Montenegrin footballer of the same name, see Predrag Filipović (footballer). For other people with this name, see Predrag Filipović (disambiguation).
Predrag Filipović
Personal information
Born (1978-10-05) October 5, 1978
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country  Serbia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 20km Race Walk

Predrag Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Филиповић; born 5 October 1978 in Leskovac, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian racewalker.

Filipović is currently competing for the club of AK Vlasotince in his native country. His current coach is Tomislav Stefanović. Other than racewalking, Filipović also holds a civil engineer diploma.

He has competed for Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he finished 39th overall in the Men's 20 kilometre walk with a time of 1:31:35.

Filipović represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He gained qualification after finishing 39th overall at the 23rd IAAF World Racewalking Cup in Cheboksary in 2008, with a time of 1:24:07 at the Men's 20 kilometre walk.

He also competed for Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where he came 48th in the Men's 20 kilometre walk.[1]

His twin brother is also a racewalker, Nenad Filipović (athlete).

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 34th of 59 20 km 1:26:04
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany — 20 km DQ
World Race Walking Cup Torino, Italy 54th of 87 20 km 1:32:41
2003 World Championships Paris, France 22nd of 29 20 km 1:25:15
2004 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Naumburg, Germany — 20 km DNF
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 39th of 41 20 km 1:31:35
Representing  Serbia
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 32nd of 32 20 km 1:35:51
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 38th of 100 20 km 1:24:07
Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 41st of 49 20 km 1:28:15
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 35th of 45 20 km 1:27:44
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 15th of 15 50 km 4:06:29
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 15th of 28 50 km 4:07:54
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 65th of 104 20km 1:27:56
Olympic Games London, UK 48th of 48 20 km 1:27:22
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia — 50 km DNF

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.london2012.com/athletics/event/men-20km-walk/index.html

External links

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