Zdravko Pečar (born January 12, 1950 in
Maribor, Maribor,
Slovenia
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,
Yugoslavia
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) is a retired Yugoslav
discus throw
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er. He competed for his home country in the 1972 Olympics. While competing for
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
he won the 1974
NCAA Championships
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.
Following his throwing career he also wrote a doctoral dissertation on artificial intelligence at the
University of Maribor
The University of Maribor ( sl, Univerza v Mariboru) is Slovenia's second-largest university, established in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia. It currently has 17 faculties.
History
The university's roots reach back to 1859, when a theological semin ...
.
[http://lopes1.fov.uni-mb.si/Dizertacije/ZdravkoPecar.htm ]
References
1950 births
Living people
Serbian male discus throwers
Yugoslav male discus throwers
Olympic athletes of Yugoslavia
Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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