Pedro Goić

Pedro Goić
Personal information
NationalityCroatian
Born(1896-03-23)23 March 1896
Pražnice, Austria-Hungary
Died19 January 1995(1995-01-19) (aged 98)
Zagreb, Croatia
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHammer throw

Petar "Pedro" Goić (23 March 1896 – 19 January 1995) was a Croatian-Chilean track and field athlete who specialised in the hammer throw. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1936 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.[1]

After migrating to Chile, he won the silver medal in the hammer behind Federico Kleger at the 1927 South American Championships in Athletics, before going on to best Kleger to the gold medal at the 1931 South American Championships in Athletics.[2] Upon his return to Yugoslavia he placed ninth at the 1934 European Championships.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pedro Goić Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. ^ South American Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (pp. 360-362). European Athletics Association. Retrieved 2021-01-20.


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