Aleksa Kovačević (1 February 1910 – 22 August 1979) was a Canadian

athlete An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-devel ...

. He competed in the men's shot put at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

, representing Yugoslavia.

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1910 births 1979 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina male shot putters Yugoslav male shot putters Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia People from the Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportspeople from Nevesinje {{BosniaHerzegovina-athletics-bio-stub