Jovan Lazarević (; born 3 May 1952) is a retired

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter who represented

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. He won the bronze medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the gold medal at the

1983 Mediterranean Games The IX Mediterranean Games (), commonly known as the 1983 Mediterranean Games, were the 9th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 3 to 17 September 1983, where 2,192 athletes (1,845 men and 347 women) from 16 coun ...

and the silver medal at the

1987 Mediterranean Games The X Mediterranean Games (), commonly known as the 1987 Mediterranean Games, were the 10th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Latakia, Syria, from 11 to 25 September 1987. A total of 1,996 athletes from 18 countries participated, of wh ...

. and finished sixth at the 1984 European Indoor Championships. He became Balkan champion in 1981. He became Yugoslav shot put champion in 1982, 1983, 1987 and 1988. His personal best throw was 20.54 metres, achieved in July 1990 in

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.World men's all-time best shot put
(last updated 2001) His former coach was Nikola Tomasović.

References

1952 births Living people Serbian male shot putters Yugoslav male shot putters Mediterranean Games gold medalists for 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 Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportspeople from Travnik Yugoslavian Athletics Championships winners {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub