Petar Šegedin (athlete)
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| Nationality | Yugoslav/Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 September 1926 Orebić, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 October 1994 (aged 68) Dubrovnik, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | steeplechase | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Partizan Belgrade | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Petar Šegedin (14 September 1926 – 14 October 1994) was a Yugoslav/Croatian steeplechase and long-distance runner.[1]
Biography
Šegedin was a member of AK Jug, Dubrovnik and AK Partizan, Belgrade. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, placing 6th. He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
Šegedin won the 3000 m steeplechase silver medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. His personal best over 3000 metres steeplechase was 8:47.8, set in 1953. He twice won the Yugoslavian Athletics Championships over 5000 m (1948 and 1950) and set five national records in this event.
Šegedin won the British AAA Championships title in the steeplechase event at the 1950 AAA Championships[3][4] and the 1951 AAA Championships.[5][6]
References
- ^ "Petar Šegedin". sports-reference.com.
- ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Bailey's furlong record confirmed". Daily Herald. 15 July 1950. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Won Arthur Wint equals half-mile record". Weekly Dispatch (London). 16 July 1950. Retrieved 15 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- European Championships (men)
- Atletski savez Beograda - Atletičari (in Serbian)
- Gizdić, Jurica (2016). Hrvatski olimpijci i odličnici (PDF) (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. p. 73. ISBN 978-953-7912-05-5. Retrieved 29 June 2018.