Darko Radomirović (

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: Дарко Радомировић) is a

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retired middle-distance track runner who specialized in the

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discipline. He represented

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at the 2000 Summer Olympics for the men's 1500 metre race.

Running career

Radomirović first began training athletics in

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, where he excelled in middle-distance running
Sandzak Press: Novi Pazar se nije odužio “kraljici sportova”: evropski šampioni bez atletske staze 22 July 2013 before he would eventually train and compete with AK Partizan. Radomirović ran his first major international competition at the

1998 European Athletics Championships The 17th European Athletics Championships were held from 18 August to 23 August 1998 in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Men's results Track 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Field 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , Women's results ...

, where he ran the men's 1500 metres in the first heat, running a time of 3:46.86 (min:sec). At the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

, he ran the first heat of the men's 1500 metres against world-class competition and ran a time of 3:43.57. He was just four seconds shy of qualifying for the next round. After the Olympics, Radomirović would continue to compete in international competition for another two years before dropping off the radar of international athletics for a period between 2002 and 2005. Radomirović ran the men's 1500 metres at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships in a time of 3:46.36. In 2002, Radomirović ran the men's 1500 metres at the 2002 European Athletics Indoor Championships in a time of 3:54.40. In July 2005, Radomirović made a return to international competition, running the men's 1500 metres at the

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in a time of 3:48.08. Just a month later, he ran the men's 1500 metres at the 2005 Summer Universiade in a time of 3:48.41.

Notes

* Although Radomirović is of

nationality, his presence in international athletic competition dates before the 2006 independence referendum of Montenegro, so the country he represented in athletics is cited as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia up through 2002, and after that as

Serbia and Montenegro The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...

through 2005.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radomirovic, Darko Living people 1977 births Serbian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Serbia and Montenegro Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics People from Kosovo Polje Sportspeople from the District of Pristina Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Serbia and Montenegro Kosovo Serbs Serbia and Montenegro male athletes Yugoslavian Athletics Championships winners