Rožle Prezelj (born 26 September 1979) is a
Slovenia
Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...
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high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er.
Prezelj represented Slovenia at the 2004, 2008 and 2012
Summer Olympics
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. His best result came at the
2008 Olympics
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when he finished the competition in 12th place. His father Dušan, who competed in the decathlon, had a high jump personal best of 2.15 m (set in 1976) and his mother Stanka Lovše-Prezelj was a two-time
Yugoslav high jump champion with a personal best of 1.86 m (set in 1981).
After his retirement from professional competitions, Prezelj continued to be actively involved in athletics. In February 2016, he was elected Chairman of the
IAAF
World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international sports governing body, governing body for the sport ...
Athletes' Commission (which is responsible for reviewing athletes' concerns and implementing relevant improvements), succeeding
Frank Fredericks
Frank "Frankie" Fredericks (born 2 October 1967) is a former track and field athlete from Namibia. Running in the 100 metres and 200 metres, he won four silver medals at the Olympic Games (two in 1992 and two in 1996), making him Namibia's only ...
in the role.
Prezelj elected Chairman of IAAF Athletes' Commission
IAAF (2016-02-27). Retrieved on 2016-02-28.
International competitions
References
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1979 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Maribor
Slovenian male high jumpers
Olympic athletes for Slovenia
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
World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Slovenia
Slovenian athletics coaches
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