Sara Kolak
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Kolak at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Personal information | |
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Nationality | Croatian |
Born | Ludbreg, Croatia |
22 June 1995
Residence | Rijeka, Croatia |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Croatia |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | Javelin throw |
Coached by | Andreas Thorkildsen |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | NR 68.43 (2017) |
Medal record
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Sara Kolak (born 22 June 1995) is a Croatian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] Her personal best of 68.43 m, set in 2017, is the Croatian record. It also ranks her tenth on the overall list.
Career
Kolak won bronze medals at both the European and World Junior Championships.[2] She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics,[3] where she won the gold medal, setting a new national record of 66.18 metres. She has since bested her own record, with a 68.43 m throw in 2017. She also won the 2017 European U23 Championship and placed fourth in the final at the 2017 World Championships in London.
Following the 2017 World Championships, Kolak struggled with an elbow injury. The Croatian Olympic Committee approved a $150,000 funding for her surgery,[4] which was carried out in Minnesota, US. After the surgery, she underwent rehabilitation of the ligaments and returned to competition in the summer of 2019.[4]
She has qualified to compete for Croatia at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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2012 | World Junior Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 23rd (q) | Javelin throw | 48.15 m |
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 3rd | Javelin throw | 57.79 m |
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 3rd | Javelin throw | 55.74 m |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 21st (q) | Javelin throw | 52.51 m | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 3rd | Javelin throw | 63.50 m |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 1st | Javelin throw | 66.18 m | |
2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | Javelin throw | 65.12 m |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 4th | Javelin throw | 64.95 m | |
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 7th | Javelin throw | 62.28 m |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | – | Javelin throw | NM |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | – | Javelin throw | NM |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 14th (q) | Javelin throw | 57.31 m | |
(q) Indicates overall position in qualifying round |
Awards
References
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External links
- Sara Kolak at World Athletics
- Sara Kolak at European Athletics (archive)
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- Sara Kolak at Olympics.com
- Sara Kolak at Olympic.org (archived)
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- People from Ludbreg
- Sportspeople from Rijeka
- Croatian female javelin throwers
- Olympic athletes of Croatia
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic female javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Croatian women
- 21st-century Croatian women