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Key facts
- Nationality
- Croatian
- Born
- ( 1995-06-22 ) 22 June 1995 (age 30) , Ludbreg , Croatia
- Height
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Weight
- 74 kg (163 lb)
- Country
- Croatia
- Sport
- Track and field
- Event
- Javelin throw
- Personal bests
- NR 68.43 (2017)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sara
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Croatia
- Place of birth
- Ludbreg
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- Croatian
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Croatia
- Mass
- 74
- Image
- Sara Kolak.jpg
- Height
- 1.70
- Residence
- Rijeka
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- date of birth
- 1995-06-22
- sports discipline competed in
- javelin throw
- Commons category
- Sara Kolak
- name in native language
- Sara Kolak
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Sara Kolak (born 22 June 1995) is a Croatian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She is an Olympic champion and won the gold medal in the javelin throw event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Kolak is also a European Championships bronze medallist and European U23 champion. She holds the Croatian record with a personal best throw of 68.43 m, set in 2017. It also ranks her tenth on the world all-time list. Kolak is a three-time Olympian and competed at the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sara Kolak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.