Josip Alebić (also known as Jozo or Joško; 7 January 1947 – 8 March 2021)Preminuo olimpijac Josip Alebić
was a

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n sprinter who specialised in

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

. He competed for

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in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay events in the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

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and

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. He was also won the Athletics Championship of Yugoslavia in 400 m race eight times between 1972 and 1981.

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* * 1947 births 2021 deaths Croatian male sprinters Olympic athletes of Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Yugoslav male sprinters Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1975 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub