Dorian Çollaku (born 2 June 1977) is an

Albania Albania ( ; or ), officially the Republic of Albania (), is a country in Southeast Europe. It is located in the Balkans, on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea, and shares land borders with Montenegro to ...

n hammer thrower. Çollaku was born in

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. He competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. He was placed thirty-first in the qualifying rounds of the competition, with a throw of 70.06 metres. At the

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, he successfully threw the hammer into the field on his third and final attempt, at 70.98 metres. Collaku, however, failed to advance into the

hammer throw The hammer throw (HT for short) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track-and-field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and Javelin throw, javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools a ...

final, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the qualifying rounds.

Competition record

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NBC Olympics Profile
Albanian male hammer throwers Living people Olympic athletes for Albania Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tirana 1977 births Albanian emigrants to Finland European Games competitors for Albania Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games {{Albania-athletics-bio-stub