Zdravko Pečar

Zdravko Pečar
Personal information
Born(1950-01-12)12 January 1950
Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died2 April 2025(2025-04-02) (aged 75)

Zdravko Pečar (12 January 1950 – 2 April 2025) was a Slovene discus thrower. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] While competing for Brigham Young University he won the 1974 NCAA Championships.

Following his throwing career he also wrote a doctoral dissertation on artificial intelligence at the University of Maribor.[2]

Pečar died following a long illness on 2 April 2025, at the age of 75.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Zdravko Pečar Bio, Stats, and Results". SR/Olympics. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Dr Zdravko Pecar". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Umrl nekdanji jugoslovanski rekorder v metu diska Zdravko Pečar". Rtvslo. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ^ https://www.novosti.rs/c/sport/ostali-sportovi/1478031/tuga-preminuo-legendarni-jugoslovenski-atleticar


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