Ismail Mačev (

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North Macedonia * Mac ...

: Исмаил Мачев; 3 January 1960 – 21 January 2019) was a

sprinter who competed for

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is ...

. He took part in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

as well as two World Championships. In addition, he won a silver medal at the

1987 Mediterranean Games The X Mediterranean Games (), commonly known as the 1987 Mediterranean Games, were the 10th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Latakia, Syria, from 11 to 25 September 1987. A total of 1,996 athletes from 18 countries participated, of wh ...

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoors *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

– 21.5 (Skopje 1981) *

– 45.83 (Ljubljana 1987) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

– 1:47.46 (Sarajevo 1988) Indoors *

– 22.05 (Budapest 1987) *

– 47.11 (Budapest 1990)

Death

Mačev died of

lung cancer Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma, is a malignant tumor that begins in the lung. Lung cancer is caused by genetic damage to the DNA of cells in the airways, often caused by cigarette smoking or inhaling damaging chemicals. Damaged ...

on 21 January 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.

References

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1960 births 2019 deaths Sportspeople from Skopje Yugoslav male sprinters Macedonian male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Deaths from lung cancer in Serbia Yugoslavian Athletics Championships winners {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub