Asmir Kolašinac

Asmir Kolašinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Асмир Колашинац; born 15 October 1984) is a Serbian shot putter who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. In 2013 Kolašinac was European Indoor Champion in shot put. He is coached by Mišo Đurić and Nikola Tomasović.

Asmir Kolašinac
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1984-10-15) 15 October 1984
Skopje, SR Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight132 kg (291 lb)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Shot put
ClubAK Partizan
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals7th - 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal best(s)Outdoor: 21.58[1] m
Indoor: 21.06 m (NR)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
2012 HelsinkiShot put
European Indoor Championships
2013 GothenburgShot put
2015 PragueShot put

Career

Kolašinac was a finalist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, where he placed ninth overall. He has competed for Serbia in indoor track and field events, including the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Outside of major competitions, he won silver medals for Serbia at the 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing meet and at the second league levels of the 2010 and 2011 European Team Championships.

He achieved a personal best throw of 20.50 m in Novi Sad in June 2011, becoming the first Serbian track and field athlete to achieve the "A" Standard for the 2012 London Olympic Games.[2][3] He primarily uses the spin technique.[4] He improved his best to 20.64 m at the 2012 Gugl Indoor Meeting in Germany in February.[5] In Olympic final he was placed 7th with a throw 20.71 m.

At the 2012 European Championship he won a bronze medal, at the 2013 European Indoor Championship he became European Champion and at the 2015 European Indoor Championship he won silver.[6] These are the greatest achievements in his career so far.

In addition to shot putting at personal best of 21.58 m outdoors (20.91 m indoors), he has set a personal best throw of 63.18 m in the javelin.[7]

Personal life

Kolašinac is an ethnic Bosniak, and practising Muslim.[8] His parents, Spaho and Muradija, lived briefly in Skopje where he was born, but then returned to their hometown of Sjenica in southwestern Serbia.[9] He is a supporter of FK Partizan.[8] He is currently studying at the University of Sport and Physical Education in Sarajevo.

Statistics
Outdoor
SeasonPerformancePlaceDate
201521.58 m (70 ft 9 1⁄2 in)Belgrade, Serbia27 June 2015
201420.79 m (68 ft 2 1⁄2 in)Prijepolje, Serbia7 August 2014
201320.80 m (68 ft 2 3⁄4 in)Belgrade, Serbia3 August 2013
201220.85 m (68 ft 4 3⁄4 in)Rijeka, Croatia22 July 2012
201120.50 m (67 ft 3 in)Novi Sad, Serbia4 June 2011
201020.38 m (66 ft 10 1⁄4 in)Bajina Basta, Serbia8 July 2010
200920.41 m (66 ft 11 1⁄2 in)Celje, Slovenia2 September 2009
200819.99 m (65 ft 7 in)Novi Sad, Serbia7 June 2008
200719.30 m (63 ft 3 3⁄4 in)Banja Luka, Bosnia5 May 2007
200516.95 m (55 ft 7 1⁄4 in)Leiria, Portugal18 June 2005
Indoor
SeasonPerformancePlaceDate
201520.91 m (68 ft 7 in) (NR, EL)Novi Sad, Serbia15 February 2015
201420.67 m (67 ft 9 3⁄4 in) (NR)Novi Sad, Serbia1 March 2014
201320.62 m (67 ft 7 3⁄4 in)Gothenburg, Sweden1 March 2013
201220.64 m (67 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (=NR)Linz, Austria3 February 2012
201120.12 m (66 ft 0 in)Budapest (Syma Hall), Hungary13 February 2011
201020.52 m (67 ft 3 3⁄4 in)Linz, Austria4 February 2010
200918.88 m (61 ft 11 1⁄4 in)Sarajevo, Bosnia7 February 2009
200818.99 m (62 ft 3 1⁄2 in)Budapest (Syma Hall), Hungary26 January 2008

International competitions
Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 16th (q) 15.66 m
Representing  Serbia
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 6th 18.90 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 33rd (q) 19.01 m
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 21st (q) 19.67 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 10th (q) 20.10 m
European Cup Winter Throwing Arles, France 1st 20.15 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 20.20 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th 19.77 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France – NM
European Team Championships — 2nd League Novi Sad, Serbia 2nd 20.09 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th 19.84 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th (q) 19.70 m
European Cup Winter Throwing Bar, Montenegro 2nd 20.50 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 20.36 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 7th 20.71 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 20.62 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 20.37 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 10th 19.96 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 13th (q) 20.04 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Riga, Latvia 1st 20.15 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 5th 20.55 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 2nd 20.90 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 1st 20.75 m
World Championships Beijing, China 7th 20.71 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 5th 20.43 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15th (q) 20.16 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 11th (q) 19.96 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 15th 19.34 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany – NM
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 13th (q) 19.82 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 27th (q) 19.86 m
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See also
  • Serbian records in athletics

References
  1. "Kugla konačno preletela 21 metar". 29 June 2015.
  2. "Asmir Kolšinac ostvario "A" olimpijski normu". Archived from the original on 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
  3. "IAAF: Asmir Kolasinac - Profile".
  4. Sportski zurnal (8 June 2011). "prvi i drugi pokusaj Kolasinac Novi Sad Kup 2011.avi" – via YouTube.
  5. Gordon, Ed (2012-02-03). Jones edges Lewis in Linz face-off. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-03.
  6. "European Athletics - Event Website". la.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
  7. "Asmir Kolašinac". Tilastopaja. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011.
  8. "Asmir Kolašinac: Neću da pevam himnu Srbije!". Kurir-info. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  9. "Spaho i Muradija Kolašinac: Hvala ti, sine!". Archived from the original on 2013-09-24.
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