Emir Bekrić

Emir Bekrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Бекрић, born 14 March 1991) is a former Serbian hurdler who specialises and holds the Serbian national record for the 400 metres hurdles. He is coached by Mirjana Stojanović. In 2013, Bekrić became the first male track and field athlete from Serbia to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships. In the same year he won the award European athletics rising star, as well as golden badge for Serbian athlete of the year.

Emir Bekrić

Bekrić at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	14 March 1991[1] Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	400 metres hurdles
Club	AK Partizan
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400 metres: 46.49[2] 400-m hurdles: 48.05[2] (NR)
Medal record Representing  Serbia World Championships 2013 Moscow 400 m hurdles European Championships 2012 Helsinki 400 m hurdles Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin 400 m hurdles European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere 400 m hurdles 2011 Ostrava 400 m hurdles

Early life

Born to a Bosniak father and a Serb mother, Emir has a sister named Sena. He is an Orthodox Christian, and has said that religion and Orthodoxy are very important for him and have helped him in his career.[3][4]

Hurdling career

Bekrić won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava.[5] At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen he broke the national record in semifinal for the 400 meter hurdles, breaking 50 seconds and beating Jeshua Anderson who later won the gold medal in the finals.[6] At the 2012 European Championships he again broke national record in semifinals. In the final he won a silver medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Bekrić broke the Serbian national record for the 400m hurdles for the third time with a time of 49.21 seconds.[7] At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow he won the bronze medal and posted the new national record with a time of 48.05 seconds.[8]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event	Best	Location	Date
400 metres	46.49s	Belgrade, Serbia	4 August 2013
400 metres hurdles	48.05s	Moscow, Russia	15 August 2013

Indoor

Event	Best	Location	Date
400 metres	47.17s	Prague, Czech Republic	25 February 2014

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Serbia
2009	European Team Championships — 1st League	Bergen, Norway	12th	400 m hurdles	54.33
	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	sf	400 m hurdles	53.45
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	18th (h)	400 m hurdles	53.16
2010	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	400 m hurdles	51.66
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	7th	400 m hurdles	51.06
2011	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Novi Sad, Serbia	2nd	400 m hurdles	50.35
	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	21st (h)	400 m	48.34
	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	400 m hurdles	49.61 (NR)
	Universiade	Shenzhen, China	6th	400 m hurdles	50.20
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	19th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.94
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	400 m hurdles	49.49
	Summer Olympics	London, United Kingdom	14th (sf)	400 m hurdles	49.62
2013	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st	400 m hurdles	49.98
			1st	4 × 400 m	3:08.73
	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	1st	400 m hurdles	48.83 (NR, GR)
	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	400 m hurdles	48.76 (NR)
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	400 m hurdles	48.05 (NR)
2014	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Riga, Latvia	1st	400 m hurdles	49.64
			3rd	4 × 400 m	3:08.54
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	6th	400 m hurdles	49.90
2018	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	23rd (sf)	400 m hurdles	50.96

See also

• Serbian records in athletics

References

1. "Emir BEKRIĆ | Profile". www.worldathletics.org. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
2. All-Athletics. "Profile of Emir Bekric".
3. Stojmenović, D. (2 January 2013). "Emir Bekrić za Telegraf: Zahvalan sam Bogu što me vodi pravim putem". Telegraf (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2013.
4. Višnjić, D. (15 August 2013). Бронза златног сјаја Емира Бекрића. Politika (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2013.
5. "Španovićeva: Dajte nam halu" (in Serbian). Novosti. 20 July 2011.
6. Athletics 400m hurdles men – 2011 Shenzen Summer Universiade (PDF)
7. Vukanovic, Predrag (28 June 2012). "EP: Emir istrčao za finale". Euro Sport (in Serbian). Retrieved 7 September 2013.
8. "Heat Results" (PDF).

External links

• Emir Bekrić at World Athletics