Nedžad Mulabegović (born 4 February 1981) is a

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shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter of

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origin. His personal best throw is 20.67 metres, achieved in July 2014 in

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, Croatia. He finished twelfth at the 2000 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade. He also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games, 2009 World Championship in Berlin and the

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, without reaching the finals. He attended

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* * 1981 births Living people Naturalized citizens of Croatia Croatian male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Croatia People from Derventa Sportspeople from Doboj Region Purdue Boilermakers men's track and field athletes Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Croatia World Athletics Championships athletes for Croatia Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Bosniaks of Croatia 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{croatia-athletics-bio-stub