Željko Dimitrijević ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Димитријевић; born 4 January 1971) is a gold medal-winning

Paralympian The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

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from

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

. He competes in seated throws in the F51 classification, a class for quadriplegics. He is the current world record holder in

club throw The club throw is an athletic throwing event where the objective is to throw a wooden club. The event is one of the four throwing events, along with discus, javelin and shot put of the Summer Paralympics. It is the Paralympic equivalent of the ha ...

. At the

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held in

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, he won a gold medal in

, broke a world record and became first Paralympic gold medalist for Serbia. At the

2016 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 159 , athletes = 4,342 , opening = 7 September , closing = 18 September , opened_by = President Michel Temer , cauldron = Clodoaldo Silva , events = 528 in 22 sports , stadium = Maracanã , sum ...

, Dimitrijević won another gold medal in the same event with new world record (29.96 m). At the

2021 World Para Athletics European Championships The 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships was a track and field competition for athletes with a disability open to International Paralympic Committee (IPC) affiliated countries within Europe and a refugee team with one athlete. This was ...

, Dimitrijević won gold medal in club throw in the F51 classification with a new world record of 34.71 m.

References

External links

The Official Website of the London 2012 Paralympic Games - Željko Dimitrijević Profile
Paralympic athletes of Serbia Living people 1971 births People from Petrovac, Serbia World record holders in Paralympic athletics People with tetraplegia Disabled track and field athletes Serbian people with disabilities Sportsmen with disabilities Male club throwers Serbian male athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics World Para Athletics Championships winners Paralympic gold medalists for Serbia Paralympic silver medalists for Serbia Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Paralympic-medalist-stub