Sanela Redžić is a Bosnian

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athlete who competes for her nation. She has won bronze medals at the IPC Athletics European and

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, and placed fourth in her event at the

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Career

Sanela Redžić grew up in

Tešanj Tešanj ( cyrl, Тешањ) is a town and municipality located in the Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, the municipality has a population of 43,063 inhabitants, whil ...

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, during the

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. Following the war, she started taking part in competitive shooting, become the local champion in her first year. Redžić started taking part in discus,

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and

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for recreation in 2005, only taking part competitively from 2010 onwards. She trains at Athletic Disability Club Chelik, although without full funding and initially without a proper sport

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. She competes in the F42 disability class. Redžić met the required standard to compete at the

in London, England. A few months prior to the Games, she took part in the

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in the F40/42/44 shot put. She won the gold medal behind Poland's Darija Kabeš and Germany's Anet Jelita. Redžić was the only individual athlete in the

team for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, alongside their

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team. In the F42/44 shot put, Redžić set a new national record with her first throw. However, her successful throws were not as far, and she finished in fourth place outside of the medal positions. She was one of two Bosnian athletes to travel to the

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, France. Redžić competed in the women's shot put, where she won the bronze medal in the F42/44 disability class. Her throw of was a new national record. She hoped that this medal would lead to proper sports equipment for her to use, and was looking forward to compete at the

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. She was named the best athlete in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013, due to her performance at the previous year's World Championships. Redžić had surgery on her leg in 2014, following a bone growth which was causing difficulties for her to compete.

References

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