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Željko Knapić
Željko Knapić (born 26 March 1957 in Čakovec) is a retired Croatian Sprint (running), sprinter who represented former Yugoslavia in the 400 metres. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 400 metres relay without qualifying for the final. In addition, he won two medals at the Mediterranean Games. He still holds List of Croatian records in athletics, Croatian records in the 200 metres, 200 and 400 metres. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *200 metres – 20.76 (0.0 m/s, Sarajevo 1981) List of Croatian records in athletics, NR *400 metres – 45.64 (Sarajevo 1981) NR Indoor *200 metres – 21.40 (Vienna 1983) *400 metres – 46.56 (Vienna 1988) References All-Athletics profile 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Čakovec Croatian male sprinters Yugoslav male sprinters Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games bronz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ÄŒakovec
Čakovec (; ; ; ) is a city in Northern Croatia, located around north of Zagreb, the Croatian capital, and close to the borders with Slovenia and Hungary. Čakovec is both the county seat and the largest city of Međimurje County, the northernmost, smallest and most densely populated Counties of Croatia, Croatian county. It is situated centrally in the lowland part of the Međimurje (region), region, along the Trnava (Međimurje), Trnava river. History According to the geographer Strabo's reports in the 1st century, today's location of the city of Čakovec was the site of Aquama (''wet town'') in Ancient Rome, Roman times and at the time a marshland, a military post and a legionnaire camp. One popular legend describes a green Slavic dragon#Pozoj, pozoj (dragon) once dwelling beneath the city and causing natural disasters such as hail and earthquakes, with its head under the castle and its tail under the church, or vice versa. It could only be gotten rid of by a ''grabancijaŠ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
