Darko Kralj
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| Born |
6 June 1971 Garešnica, Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Paralympic athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Ivan Ivančić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darko Kralj (born 6 June 1971 in Garešnica) is a Croatian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in shot put events. He lost his left leg in a missile attack in 1991.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the men's F42 shot put event improving his world record with 14.43 metres.[2] At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, Kralj won a silver medal.[3]
The King, a Croatian-language film about Kralj's life directed by Dejan Aćimović, was released in 2012.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Overcoming Adversity, Partly Through Athletics". New York Times. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
- ↑ "Sjajan dan u Pekingu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 10 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "Na zlatni izazov djevojaka dečki odgovorili srebrom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 25 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
External links
- Results for Darko Kralj from the International Paralympic Committee
- The King (2012), a documentary about Kralj directed Dejan Acimovic
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