Bojan Mitic (born 27 August 1985) is a

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 ...

Track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T34 sprint events.

Personal history

Mitic was born in

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

in Switzerland in 1985. He was born premature which resulted in

cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of movement disorders that appear in early childhood. Signs and symptoms vary among people and over time, but include poor coordination, stiff muscles, weak muscles, and tremors. There may be problems with sensa ...

. He is an engineer by trade.

Athletics career

Mitic first represented Switzerland at the

2004 Summer Paralympics ) , nations = 136 , athletes = 3,806 , events = 519 in 19 sports , opening = 17 September , closing = 28 September , opened_by = President Costis Stephanopoulos , cauldron = Georgios Toptsis , stadium = Olympic ...

in Athens. He entered three sprint events but did not finish in a podium place. At the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

in London he finished just outside the medal positions in fourth in both the T34

100m The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

and

200m The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a Sprint (running), sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run th ...

sprints. In 2015 in Doha, Mitic won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Doha in the 100m race.

References

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Swiss Paralympic Committee The Swiss Paralympic Committee (german: Schweizerisches Paralympisches Komitee; french: Comité paralympique suisse; it, Comitato Svizzero Paralimpico; rm, Comitati Paralimpica Svizra) is the National Paralympic Committee in Switzerland for the ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitic, Bojan 1985 births Living people Swiss male sprinters Paralympic athletes for Switzerland Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Sportspeople from Lucerne