Ivona Dadic (born 29 December 1993) is an Austrian

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athlete of Bosnian descent. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the

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event. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she finished 8th.

Early life and career

Ivona Dadić was born on 29 December 1993 in

Wels Wels (; Central Bavarian: ''Wös'') is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria. Geography Wels is in the ...

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to Nine and Danica Dadić, who are from

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. Dadić was raised as a

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. At the age of nine she won her first competition. Her brother Ivan died in 2008 in car accident so she has a tattooed

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on her left hand with his name. In 2015 Dadić won a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships with 6033 points. One year later she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Amsterdam with 6408 points. Dadić competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She achieved three personal bests—in long jump, javelin, and the 800 meter—finishing 25th overall.

Awards

*Večernjakova domovnica (

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) - Best Sportswoman in

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Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor * 200 m: 23.69 (July 2017) * 800 m: 2:10.67 (May 2012) *

100 m hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first hurdle is ...

: 13.83 (July 2016) * High jump: 1.83 (July 2017) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

: 6.49 (June 2016) * Shot put: 14.44 (July 2017) *

Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...

: 52.48 (September 2015) * Heptathlon: 6408 (July 2016) NR Indoor * 800 m: 2:13.15 (February 2018) *

60 m hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds (Susanna Ka ...

: 8.32 (March 2018) * High jump: 1.87 (March 2017) *

: 6.41 (March 2017) * Shot put: 14.27 (March 2018) * Pentathlon: 4767 (March 2017) NR

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* Living people Austrian heptathletes Olympic athletes of Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Austrian people of Croatian descent Austrian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina Austrian female athletes 1993 births European Athletics Championships medalists People from Wels Sportspeople from Upper Austria Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Austria-athletics-bio-stub