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Sandra Perković
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Sandra Perković is a Croatian athlete and politician who competes in the discus throw. Born in Zagreb on June 21, 1990, she has held citizenship in both the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Croatia. Her athletic career began in 2009, and she represents Croatia in international competition. Standing 183 centimeters tall with a mass of 85 kilograms, she resides in the Maksimir and Jarun areas.
Perković is a member of the Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity. She speaks Croatian and is married to Edis Elkasević, adopting the married name Sandra Elkasević. While primarily identified as an athletics competitor, she also serves as a politician.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- Croatia
- Active from
- 1991
Discography
- Bojna Čavoglave • Special War Edition1992
- Moli mala1992
- Vrijeme škorpiona1995
- Geni kameni1996
- Vjetar s Dinare1998
- E, moj narode2002
- Bilo jednom u Hrvatskoj2006
- Ora et labora2013
- Ne Boj Se2020
- Hodočasnik2025
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,516x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,613x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- SARS-CoV-2 Cell Entry Depends on ACE2 and TMPRSS2 and Is Blocked by a Clinically Proven Protease Inhibitor
· 2020 · cited 17,421x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Croatian
- Born
- Sandra Perković , ( 1990-06-21 ) 21 June 1990 (age 35) , Zagreb , SR Croatia , SFR Yugoslavia
- Home town
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Height
- 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
- Weight
- 85 kg (187 lb)
- Spouse
- Edis Elkasević ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2023 )
- Country
- Croatia
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Discus throw
- Club
- HAAK Mladost , Dinamo Zrinjevac
- Coached by
- Edis Elkasević
- Highest world ranking
- 1st (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
- Personal bests
- Discus throw : 71.41 National record</span>"}]]}'>NR ( Bellinzona 2017) Shot put : 16.40 ( Split 2011) Indoors Shot put : 16.99 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i ( Rijeka 2011)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sandra
- Family name
- Perković
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Croatia
- Place of birth
- Zagreb
- Spouse
- Edis Elkasević
- Political party
- Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Croatia
- Mass
- 85
- Image
- Sandra Perković Doha 2015.jpg
- Height
- 183
- Residence
- Jarun
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- Commons category
- Sandra Perković
- date of birth
- 1990-06-21
- sports discipline competed in
- discus throw
- start of work period
- 2009-00-00
- name in native language
- Sandra Perković
- social media followers
- 4708
- P10632
- Sandra Perković
- married name
- Sandra Elkasević
- competition won
- 2024 European Athletics Championships – women's discus throw
- personal best
- 71.41
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Encyclopedic overview
Sandra Elkasević (née Perković; born 21 June 1990) is a Croatian discus thrower. She is a two-time Olympic (2012 London, 2016 Rio) and world (2013, 2017) champion and a record seven-time European champion (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) which makes her the most decorated female discus thrower in history. She is also a seven-time Diamond League winner, prevailing in 46 circuit's meetings.
Elkasević culminated her successful junior career by winning gold at the 2009 European Junior Championships with a new national record. A month later, she made the final of the World Championships as the youngest discus thrower in the field.
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