Dejan Vojnović (born 23 March 1975) is a retired

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n sportsperson. He started his career as a sprinter specializing in the 100 metres run, and competed at the

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. Some years later he took up

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, participating in the 2006 Olympic Games. He was working as a fitness coach for former WTA No. 1 player

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(2008–2010). From 2010 to 2012 he was a fitness coach of Slovak WTA player

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. After that, in 2010. he had a short cooperation with another WTA player from Serbia,

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. He has worked as a fitness coach for WTA player Laura Robson from United Kingdom, and is working with Jack Draper.

Athletics career

He was born in

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, and belonged to the sports club Atletski Sportski Klub based in

. He was the Croatian 100 metres champion in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004. He also became the

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champion in 1999, and 60 metres indoor champion in 2002 and 2004. His first major international event was the

. He competed in the 100 metres event, but without progressing from the first round. He also competed with the Croatian team in the 4 x 100 metre relay, but was knocked out in the heats here as well. He later managed to reach the quarter-final at the 2002 European Championships, and the semi-final at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2004 World Indoor Championships. He won the bronze medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade. His personal best time was 10.25 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Radès,

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. He also has 6.63 seconds in the 60 metres, achieved in March 2003 in

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; and in the long jump, achieved in July 1999 in Split. He came close to his personal best time on several occasions, running seasons bests of 10.32 seconds in 2002, 10.34 seconds in 2003 and 10.36 seconds in 2004. However, he retired from international athletics after the 2004 season.

Bobsleigh career

After his retirement from athletics, Vojnović took up

, participating in the

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, as a part of the national four-man bobsleigh team. The team also consisted of then 44-year-old Ivan Šola, as well as two athletes,

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and Slaven Krajačić. Krajačić had been a team member of Vojnović in the 2000 Olympic relay race. The bobsleigh team finished in 23rd place overall. Vojnović stands tall, and during his active career he weighed .

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vojnovic, Dejan 1975 births Living people Croatian male long jumpers Croatian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Croatia Croatian male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Croatia Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Split, Croatia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Croatia Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Croatia 20th-century Croatian people 21st-century Croatian sportsmen