Ismail Mačev ( Macedonian: Исмаил Мачев; 3 January 1960 – 21 January 2019) was a Macedonian sprinter who competed for

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

in the 400 metres. He took part in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

as well as two World Championships. In addition, he won a silver medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoors *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a 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 the race. A slightl ...

– 21.5 (Skopje 1981) * 400 metres – 45.83 (Ljubljana 1987) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...

– 1:47.46 (Sarajevo 1988) Indoors *

– 22.05 (Budapest 1987) * 400 metres – 47.11 (Budapest 1990)

Death

Mačev died of

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...

on 21 January 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

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1960 births 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Skopje Yugoslav male sprinters Macedonian male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Universiade silver medalists for Yugoslavia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Deaths from lung cancer Deaths from cancer in Serbia {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub