Dušan Babić (born 26 December 1986) is a Bosnian middle-distance runner. He initially specialized in the 800 meters before making a gradual transition to the 1500 meters from 2014. During the course of his career, he represented

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as an 800-meter runner at two Summer Universiades in

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and

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. He also appeared at the

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Running career

Babić's 2011 outdoor season started with a second-place finish at the 2011 European Third League men's 800-meter race. Subsequently, he made an appearance at the

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in the men's 800 meters, but did not advance past the preliminary round. At the

, he finished second to last in the men's 800 meters, although he finished ahead of

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. In 2015 he made a full transition to the 1500 meters discipline. On February 1, 2015, he made his indoor track debut at the 2015 ELÁN meet in

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, where he won the indoor men's 1500 meters. Off the track, he also saw success in cross country, when he finished first overall in Bosnia and Herzegovina's national cross country competition held in

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on March 14, 2015. On May 1, 2015, Babić also finished in first place in the men's 1500 meters at the 21st International Meeting in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Babic, Dusan Living people 1986 births Bosnia and Herzegovina male middle-distance runners European Games competitors for Bosnia and Herzegovina Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Bosnia and Herzegovina