Aca Stanković
Aleksandar "Aca" Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Станковић; born August 17, 1967 in Belgrade) is Serbian track and field athlete who competed in the pole vault.
Starting very late with sports, Stanković managed to be Yugoslavian junior runner-up in pole vault and decathlon. He was well known as the last pole vault champion of former Yugoslavia, won in 1991 in Sarajevo (now capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Croatian competitors didn't show, demonstrating protest against war that started on their territory.
Competition record
Stanković was three-time Yugoslav champion:[1]
- 1991 Sarajevo-Bosnia and Hercegovina (4.60 m)
- 1994 Belgrade Shortend Yugoslavia (4.70 m)
- 1996 Belgrade (4.70 m)
Personal bests
Best results:
- Pole vault (4.80 m)
- High jump (2.05 m)
- Long jump (6.88 m)
- 110 m hurdles (15.1 s)
Latest results:
- High jump M40 (180 cm)- Balkan Champion.
- 18. Master Athletics Balkan championship (4-5.10.2008 Bar - Montenegro)
- High jump M40 (181 cm) - 4. place in world.
- Master Athletics World Championship(03.08.2009 Lahti - Finland)
- High jump M40 First place (178 cm)
- XXI.Balkan master athletics championship results Domžale, Slovenija 2. - 4. September 2011
- High Jump M45 Third place (175 cm)
- 10th European Masters Athletics Championships Indoor (2015), Torun Poland March 2015
- Pole Vault M45 Forth place (400 cm)
- 11th European Masters Athletics Championships Indoor (2016). Ancona Italy March 2016
- High Jump M45 First place (171 cm)
- Balkan master athletics championship (2016), Novi Sad, Serbia September 2015
- Pole Vault M45 First place (390 cm)
- Balkan master athletics championship (2016). Novi Sad Serbia September 2016
References
- ↑ Yugoslavian championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-12-10.
- Athletics Federation Serbia, all-time list:
- 4th place in a world:
- Watch in slow motion 4.place in a World jump:
- XXI Balkan master athletics championship results:
- Bronse medail (High Jump M45) on 10th European Masters Athletics Championships Indoor (2015):
- 4th Place (Pole Vault M45) on 11th European Masters Athletics Championships Indoor (2016):
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