Edis Elkasević (born 18 February 1983) is a Bosnian-born

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n athletics coach and retired

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ter. He won the 2002 World Junior Championships. He did not quite adapt to an international senior level, but competed at the

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and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final. Representing the Auburn Tigers track and field team, Elkasević won the 2005 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the shot put. His personal best throw is 20.94 metres, achieved in June 2005 in

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. With the junior shot (6 kg) he has 21.96 metres, achieved in June 2002 in

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. This was the

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until June 2009, when it was surpassed by David Storl. He also has 60.54 metres in the

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, achieved in May 2005 in

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. Since 2013, Elkasević has coached

Sandra Perković Sandra or SANDRA may refer to: People * Sandra (given name) * Sandra (singer) (born 1962), German pop singer * Margaretha Sandra (1629–1674), Dutch soldier * Sandra (orangutan), who won the legal right to be defined as a "non-human person" Pla ...

, a multiple World, Olympic and European

champion. The two married on 31 December 2023.

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* * * * 1983 births Living people People from Prijedor Sportspeople from Banja Luka Region Croatian male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletics (track and field) coaches Olympic athletes for Croatia Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Bosniaks of Croatia NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Auburn Tigers men's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-athletics-bio-stub