 Ivona Dadic (2016) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Born | (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) Wels, Austria |
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Austria |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Heptathlon |
| Medal record | |
| Updated on 2 March 2018 | |
Ivona Dadic (born 29 December 1993) is an Austrian track and field athlete of Croatian descent. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she finished 8th.
Early life and career
Ivona Dadić was born on 29 December 1993 in Wels, Austria to Nine and Danica Dadić, who are from Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dadić was raised as a Roman Catholic. At the age of nine she won her first competition. Her brother Ivan died in 2008 in car accident so she has a tattooed cross on her left hand with his name. In 2015 Dadić won a bronze medal at the 2015 European U23 Championships with 6033 points. One year later she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Amsterdam with 6408 points.
Dadić competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She achieved three personal bests—in long jump, javelin, and the 800 meter—finishing 25th overall.
Awards
- Večernjakova domovnica (Večernji list) - Best Sportswoman in Croatian diaspora
Competition record
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 m: 23.69 (July 2017)
- 800 m: 2:10.67 (May 2012)
- 100 m hurdles: 13.83 (July 2016)
- High jump: 1.83 (July 2017)
- Long jump: 6.49 (June 2016)
- Shot put: 14.44 (July 2017)
- Javelin throw: 52.48 (September 2015)
- Heptathlon: 6408 (July 2016) NR
Indoor
- 800 m: 2:13.15 (February 2018)
- 60 m hurdles: 8.32 (March 2018)
- High jump: 1.87 (March 2017)
- Long jump: 6.41 (March 2017)
- Shot put: 14.27 (March 2018)
- Pentathlon: 4767 (March 2017) NR
References
- "Ivona Dadic ist neue Integrations-Botschafterin der Stadt Wels". www.meinbezirk.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- "Women's Heptathlon". London2012.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
- "Athletics DADIC Ivona - Tokyo 2020 Olympics".
- "IVONA DADIĆ: austrijska atletičarka hrvatskih korijena". Fenix magazin. 15 December 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- "Olimpijka Ivona Dadić uživala na vjenčanju u Splitu". Fenix magazin. 13 August 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- "Siebenkampf: U23-EM-Bronze und Rekord für Ivona Dadic". derStandard.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- "EM-Bronze für Siebenkämpferin Ivona Dadic". nachrichten.at. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ""Super Saturday" For the Youth Olympic Games and YOG Ambassadors". Olympic.org. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
- "Najbolji sportaši su Duvnjak i Ivona Dadić, a pjevači Dado Kukić i Karolina Kovač". Večernji list. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
External links
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| Preceded byVanessa Herzog | Austrian Sportswoman of the year 2020 |
Succeeded byAnna Kiesenhofer |
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- Austrian heptathletes
- Olympic athletes for Austria
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Austrian people of Croatian descent
- Austrian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- 1993 births
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Sportspeople from Wels
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Austrian sportswomen
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