Draga Stamejčič

Slovene hurdler
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSlovene hurdler
PlacesSlovenia
wasAthlete Hurdler
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth27 February 1937, Ljubljana, Ljubljana City Municipality, Slovenia
Death16 August 2015 (aged 78 years)
Star signPisces
The details

Biography

Draga Stamejčič (Slovene: Драга Стамејчић, 27 February 1937 – August 2015) was a Slovenian athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960 she was eliminated in the heats of the 80 m hurdles event. Two weeks before the 1964 Games she set a world record in the hurdles, but at the Olympics finished only seventh due to a knee injury. She also finished fifth in the pentathlon. The knee injury required an extensive operation and resulted in her retirement around mid-1960s. She married, gave birth to twins and devoted herself to the family. In 2012 she was inducted into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame.

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