Danial Jahić ( sr-Cyrl, Даниал Јахић; 1 July 1979 – 19 January 2021) was a Serbian

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er. He competed at the

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. He was national indoor record holder for 20 years.

Career

He finished fifth at the 1998 World Junior Championships, tenth at the 1999 European U23 Championships, eighth at the 2000 European Indoor Championships, ninth at the 2001 European U23 Championships and fourth at the

2001 Mediterranean Games The XIV Mediterranean Games (), commonly known as the 2001 Mediterranean Games, were the 14th Mediterranean Games held in Tunis, Tunisia, from 2–15 September 2001, where 2,991 athletes (1,972 men and 1,019 women) from 23 countries participated. ...

. He also competed at the 1996 World Junior Championships, the 1998 European Championships, the 1999 World Championships, the men's long jump and the 2002 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final. In regional Balkan meets, he won the 1998 Balkan Indoor Championships, the 1998 Balkan Games, the 1999 Balkan Indoor Championships and won the silver medal at the 2000 Balkan Indoor Championships. He also became national champion in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005. His personal best jump was 8.18 metres, achieved in May 1999 in

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. He was national indoor record holder for 20 years with 8.02m until 2019 when

Strahinja Jovančević Strahinja Jovančević ( sr-Cyrl, Страхиња Јованчевић; born 28 February 1993) is a Serbian athlete specializing in long jump. Born in Belgrade to Montenegrin Serb parents from Berane. At the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Cha ...

surpassed him.

Death

Jahić died on 19 January 2021, at the age of 41, after

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-related complications during the pandemic in Serbia.Preminuo nekadašnji atletičar Danial Jahić

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