Darko Pešić
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| Born | 30 November 1992 Cetinje, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Darko Pešić (born 30 November 1992)[1] is a Montenegrin athlete competing in the combined events. He finished sixth in the heptathlon at the 2017 European Indoor Championships. He holds multiple national records in various events.
Career
Pešić finished 14th in the octathlon at the 2009 World Youth Championships.[2] He then finished 13th in the decathlon at the 2011 European Junior Championships.[3] He moved to Novi Sad, Serbia, in 2011 to improve his training conditions.[4]
Pešić finished 14th in the decathlon at the 2013 European U23 Championships and set the national record. He then won the decathlon silver medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie behind France's Bastien Auzeil and broke his own national record.[5] He won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2014 Balkan Championships.[6]
Pešić competed at the 2015 European Games and finished seventh in the pole vault and eighth in the long jump.[7] He won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 2016 Balkan Championships and set a new national long jump record.[8][9]
Pešić finished sixth in the heptathlon at the 2017 European Indoor Championships and set the national record with 5984 points. He then missed ten months of training due to a stress fracture in his tibia.[4] He competed at the 2018 European Championships in the decathlon but withdrew mid-way through due to an injury.[10]
Pešić competed at the 2019 Games of the Small States of Europe and won bronze medals in the 110 metre hurdles and pole vault. Additionally, he placed sixth in the high jump and fourth in the long jump.[11] He missed the rest of the 2019 season due to the hamstring injury.[4] He placed eighth in the heptathlon at the 2021 European Indoor Championships.[12] At the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe, he finished fourth in the 110 metre hurdles, fifth in the long jump, and sixth in the discus throw.[13]
Pešić finished 38th in the heats of the 60 metres hurdles at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.[14] At the 2024 European Championships, he competed in the decathlon and competed barefoot in the discus throw due to fears of slipping.[15] He ultimately finished 21st in the event.[16]
Pešić represented Montenegro at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres after receiving a universality spot.[17] Two days before the preliminary round, he broke his foot in training. He still chose to compete and finished with a time of 11.85 seconds and did not advance.[18][19]
International competitions
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.25 (+1.3 m/s, Götzis 2017)
- 400 metres – 50.30 (Bar 2023)
- 1500 metres – 4:24.73 (Götzis 2017)
- 110 metres hurdles – 14.35 (+0.3 m/s, Bar 2023) NR
- High jump – 2.01 (Novi Sad 2012)
- Pole vault – 4.60 (Novi Sad 2014) NR
- Long jump – 7.33 (+0.4 m/s, Pitesti 2016) NR
- Shot put – 15.47 (Götzis 2017)
- Discus throw – 48.88 (Sremska Mitrovica 2015)
- Javelin throw – 62.57 (Split 2013)
- Decathlon – 7862 (Bar 2023) NR
Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.12 (Tallin 2023)
- 1000 metres – 2:38.23 (Belgrade 2017)
- 60 metres hurdles – 7.95 (Belgrade 2021) NR
- High jump – 2.08 (Belgrade 2021) NR
- Pole vault – 4.72 (Belgrade 2017) NR
- Long jump – 7.24 (Belgrade 2021) NR
- Shot put – 16.69 (Belgrade 2021)
- Heptathlon – 6036 (Belgrade 2021) NR
References
- ^ Darko Pešić at World Athletics
- ^ "Bressanone IAAF World Youth Championships Bressanone, Trentino-Alto Adige (ITA) Men's Octathlon Boys Final". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "European Junior Championships Kadrioru staadion, Tallinn (EST) Men's Decathlon U20 Final". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Darko Pešić: Combined Events and Cannonballs". Decathletes of Europe. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Silver medalist at the Francophonie Games". Vijesti. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "73rd Balkan Senior Championships" (PDF). Balkan Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "6th European Athletics Team Championships, Third League Baku AZE 21 - 22 June". European Athletics. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "75th Balkan Athletics Championships" (PDF). Balkan Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Pešić's long jump record". Vijesti. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Pešić withdrew due to injury, eventually taking 25th place". Vijesti. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Games of the Small States of Europe Montenegro 2019 Results Book" (PDF). Montenegro 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
- ^ "Darko Pešić iz AK "Lim" osmi na Evropskom prvenstvu" [Darko Pešić from AK "Lim" finished eighth at the European Championship]. Berane online (in Bosnian). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "XIX Games of the Small States of Europe Marsa Athletics Track, Marsa (MLT)". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Darko Pešić 38th in the 60 meter hurdles". Vijesti. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Paschwitz, Christian (11 June 2024). "Irre: Barfuß-Athlet verblüfft EM" [Crazy: Barefoot athlete amazes European Championships]. Sport1 (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "European Athletics Championships Stadio Olimpico, Roma (ITA) Men's Decathlon Final". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Athlete Darko Pešić is going to the Olympic Games". Vijesti. 9 July 2024. Archived from the original on 3 November 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (3 August 2024). "Montenegrin Olympian runs 100m on broken foot to honour late father". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Pešić istrčao trku na 100 metara sa slomljenim stopalom u čast preminulom ocu" [Pešić ran a 100-meter race with a broken foot in honor of his deceased father]. Adria TV (in Serbian). 4 August 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2025.