Miro Kocuvan (born 15 June 1971 in

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) is a retired

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

n athlete who specialised in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

. He represented his country at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, as well as four consecutive World Championships starting in 1993. Kocuvan's personal best in the event is 49.43 seconds set in Bari in 1997 when winning the bronze medal at the

1997 Mediterranean Games The XIII Mediterranean Games, commonly known as the 1997 Mediterranean Games, were the 13th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Bari, Italy, from 13 to 25 June 1997, where 2,956 athletes (2,166 men and 790 women) from 21 countries partici ...

. His father, Miro Kocuvan Sr., was a sprinter.

Competition record

References

1971 births Living people Slovenian male hurdlers Yugoslav male hurdlers Olympic athletes of Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia Sportspeople from Celje Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub