Ivona Dadic

Ivona Dadic

Ivona Dadic (2016)
Personal information
Nationality Austrian
Born (1993-12-29) December 29, 1993
Wels, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country  Austria
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon
Updated on 9 July 2016.

Ivona Dadic (Croatian: Ivona Dadić; born 29 December 1993) is an Austrian track and field athlete of Croatian descent.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event.[2]

Early life and career

Ivona Dadic (Linz, 2016)

Ivona Dadić was born on 29 December 1993 in Wels, Austria to Nino and Danica Dadić, who are ethnic Croats from Bugojno. Dadić was raised as a Roman Catholic.[3][4] At the age of nine she won her first competition. Her brother Ivan died in 2008 in car accident so she has a tattoed cross on her left hand with his name. In 2015 Dadić won a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships with 6033 points.[5] One year later she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Amsterdam with 6408 points.[6]

Awards

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Austria
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 10th Heptathlon 5455 pts
2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom 25th Heptathlon 5935 pts
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 5th Heptathlon 5874 pts
2015 European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 3rd Heptathlon 6033 pts (NR)
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3rd Heptathlon 6408 pts (NR)
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 21st Heptathlon 6155 pts

Personal bests

References

  1. "Ivona Dadic ist neue Integrations-Botschafterin der Stadt Wels". www.meinbezirk.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  2. "Women's Heptathlon". London2012.com. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  3. "IVONA DADIĆ: austrijska atletičarka hrvatskih korijena". Fenix magazin. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  4. "Olimpijka Ivona Dadić uživala na vjenčanju u Splitu". Fenix magazin. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  5. "Siebenkampf: U23-EM-Bronze und Rekord für Ivona Dadic". derStandard.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  6. "EM-Bronze für Siebenkämpferin Ivona Dadic". nachrichten.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  7. "Najbolji sportaši su Duvnjak i Ivona Dadić, a pjevači Dado Kukić i Karolina Kovač". Večernji list. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
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