Dragutin Topić ( sr-cyr, Драгутин Топић, born 12 March 1971 in Belgrade,

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n former high jumper.

Biography

Topić is a world junior record holder with 2.37 m, which he set while winning the 1990 World Junior Championships, three weeks before his win at the senior European Championships. In the same year, Topić received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of

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. Topić set five national records and claimed four Yugoslav

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in the men's high jump event. He is a former member of

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, where he spent the majority of his career. Topić competed until 2012, and had one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only world junior record with 2.37 m, but also world masters record for the ages over 35 (2.31 m, set in 2009), and over 40 years of age (2.28 m, set in 2012). He competed at eight World Championships, and at six Olympic Games (between 1992 and

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), which is an Olympic record for high jump, and he also shared the record for most appearances at the Olympics by a male

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athlete with distance runner João N'Tyamba and race walker Jesús Ángel García, who later broke the record.

Personal bests

International competitions

Doping

On 2 February 2001, after a meeting in

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, he was tested and his urine sample showed the presence of norandrosterone in concentrations slightly higher than allowed. He was tested positive to norandrosterone and suspended for two years.

Personal life

His wife is Serbian former track and field athlete and national record holder in

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Biljana Topić Biljana Topić Mitrović, (, born 17 October 1977) is a Serbian former track and field athlete who achieved her best results in triple jump, having switched from sprint disciplines in which she had competed in early in her career. She competed ...

(née Mitrović), and he served as her coach while he was still an active competitor. Their daughter,

Angelina Topić Angelina Topić ( sr-Cyrl, Ангелина Топић; born 26 July 2005) is a Serbian athlete specializing in the high jump. At the age of 17, she won the bronze medal at the 2022 European Athletics Championships, becoming the youngest medallis ...

, won the high jump event at the 2022 European U18 Championships and also holds the national record in high jump, as well as equal world U18 best.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Topić, Dragutin 1971 births Living people Athletes from Belgrade Serbian male high jumpers Serbia and Montenegro sportsmen Yugoslav male high jumpers Serbia and Montenegro athletes Olympic athletes as Independent Olympic Participants Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Serbia and Montenegro Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Serbia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Yugoslavia World Athletics Championships athletes for Serbia and Montenegro World Athletics Championships athletes for Serbia European Athletics Championships medalists World record holders in masters athletics Serbian masters athletes Doping cases in athletics Serbian sportspeople in doping cases Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Serbia Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade