Slaven at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lausanne 2020

Slaven Dizdarević (born 3 August 1981

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

, Yugoslavia) is a

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

who has represented

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing. He holds the national record in the

heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

. After the sports career Slaven found his passion in art as a painter and photographer.

External links

Slaven Dizdarević's profile on worldathletics.org
*Art page
www.slavendizdarevic.com
* Slaven Dizdarević Ambassador a
TIQ 2 Sports
1981 births Living people Slovak decathletes Olympic athletes of Slovakia Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Slovak people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent {{Slovakia-athletics-bio-stub