Jurica Grabušić (born 28 March 1983) is a

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n athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles. A double Olympic competitor (

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, 2008) in his event, he also participated in

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at the

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Early career

He was born in

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, and joined the sports club Hrvatski Akademski Atletski Klub Mladost, the athletics section of ''

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''. He took his first of several national titles in 2001, both outdoors and indoors. As a junior athlete he made his international debut at the 2000 World Junior Championships, where he failed to progress from the first round of the hurdles competition. At the 2002 World Junior Championships he placed sixth in the hurdles final, and also competed in the 100 metres event. He also competed at the 2002 European Indoor Championships and the 2002 European Championships without progressing from the first round. His personal best time by 2002 was 13.80 seconds.. Retrieved on 22 March 2009.

Olympic career

The next season Grabušić lowered his personal best time to 13.54 seconds, achieved in July in

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. In 2004 he only ran in 13.79 seconds, but still competed in the 2004 Olympic Games, where he failed to reach the final round. In 2005 he won the bronze medal at the 2005 Mediterranean Games. From then, Grabušić concentrated on another sport –

. He participated in the

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

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and Dejan Vojnović. The bobsleigh team finished in 23rd place overall. After a quiet year in 2007, Grabušić took up the hurdles again. He ran the distance in 13.72 seconds in June 2008 in

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to qualify for his third

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. He failed to progress to the second round of the hurdles event there, but at the

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he reached the semi-final. His personal best time in the 110 m hurdles is still 13.54 seconds. He also has 10.36 seconds in the

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, achieved in June 2008 in

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; and 6.71 seconds in the

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, achieved in February 2008 in Zagreb.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grabusic, Jurica 1983 births Living people Croatian male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Croatia Croatian male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders of Croatia Sportspeople from Zagreb Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics 21st-century Croatian people