Ismail Mačev

Ismail Mačev (Macedonian: Исмаил Мачев; (3 January 1960 – 21 January 2019) was a Macedonian sprinter who competed for Yugoslavia in the 400 metres.[2] He took part in the 1988 Summer Olympics as well as two World Championships. In addition, he won a silver medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

Ismail Mačev

Personal information
Born	(1960-01-03)3 January 1960 Skopje, Yugoslavia
Died	January 21, 2019(2019-01-21) (aged 59) Belgrade, Serbia
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 metres
Club	Crvena Zvezda

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Yugoslavia
1982	European Championships	Athens, Greece	10th (h)	4×400 m relay	3:08.44
1983	Mediterranean Games	Casablanca, Morocco	6th	400 m	46.27
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th (sf)	400 m	47.78
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	22nd (h)	400 m	47.52
1987	European Indoor Championships	Liévin, France	12th (sf)	400 m	48.15
	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	6th	400 m	46.17
			2nd	4 × 400 m relay	3:03.95
	World Championships	Rome, Italy	29th (qf)	400 m	46.54
			10th (sf)	4×400 m relay	3:03.30
	Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria	2nd	400 m	46.23
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	20th (h)	400 m	46.37
			5th (sf)	4×400 m relay	3:01.59
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	5th	4×400 m relay	3:02.46
1991	Mediterranean Games	Athens, Greece	2nd	4×400 m relay	3:03.74
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	4×400 m relay	3:00.32

Personal bests

Outdoors

• 200 metres – 21.5 (Skopje 1981)
• 400 metres – 45.83 (Ljubljana 1987)
• 800 metres – 1:47.46 (Sarajevo 1988)

Indoors

• 200 metres – 22.05 (Budapest 1987)
• 400 metres – 47.11 (Budapest 1990)

Death

Mačev died of lung cancer on January 21, 2019 in Belgrade, Serbia.[3][4]

References

1. Sports-Reference profile
2. Ismail Mačev at World Athletics
3. SD Crvena Zvezda (January 22, 2019). "ИН МЕМОРИАМ – ИСМАИЛ МАКИ МАЧЕВ" (in Serbian). Retrieved January 22, 2019. После дуге и тешке болести упокојио се легендарни четристометраш, члан најбрже беле штафете и тренер атлетског клуба Црвена звезда – Исмаил Маки Мачев.
4. "In memoriam: Ismail Mačev". Atlex - Serbian Athletics (in Serbian). Atlex. Retrieved 22 January 2019. Posle duge i teške bolesti, u 59. godini života napustio nas je Ismail Mačev. Legenda Jugoslovenske atletike, više od dve godine se borio sa rakom pluća. I ako je u jednom trenutku izgledalo da je Maki pobedio i u ovoj trci, opaka bolest se vratila posle nekoliko meseci.

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