Matija Šestak (born 30 December 1972 in

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) is a retired

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n sprinter who specialised in the

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. He represented his country at the

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and

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reaching the semifinals at the second occasion. He also reached the semifinals at the 1999 World Championships. He is married to a

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n triple jumper,

Marija Šestak Marija Šestak ( sr-cyrl, Марија Шестак; born ''Martinović'', Мартиновић) is a Serbian-born Slovenian triple jumper. Marija Martinović was born on 17 April 1979 in Kragujevac (at the time SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia). She i ...

, who switched her nationality to Slovenian after marriage.

Competition record

Personal best

Outdoor *200 metres – 20.79 (+2.0 m/s) (Nova Gorica 2004) *300 metres – 32.34 (Ljubljana 2004) NR *400 metres – 45.43 (Seville 1999) NR Indoor *200 metres – 21.32 (Turin 1999) *400 metres – 46.71 (Stuttgart 2000) NR

References

1972 births Living people Slovenian male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovenia Athletes from Ljubljana Athletes (track and field) at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Slovenia Slovenian athletics coaches Yugoslav male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia {{Slovenia-athletics-bio-stub