Austrian track and field athlete (born 1993)
Ivona Dadic
Ivona Dadic (2016)
Nationality Austrian Born (1993-12-29 ) 29 December 1993 (age 30) Wels , AustriaHeight 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 64 kg (141 lb) Country Austria Sport Athletics Event Heptathlon Updated on 2 March 2018
Ivona Dadic (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] At the 2020 Summer Olympics she finished 8th.[ 3]
Early life and career
Ivona Dadic (Linz, 2016)
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 .[ 4] [ 5]
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.[ 6] One year later she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Amsterdam with 6408 points.[ 7]
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.[ 8]
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
2017
European Indoor Championships
Belgrade, Serbia
2nd
Pentathlon
4767 pts (NR )
World Championships
London , United Kingdom
6th
Heptathlon
6417 pts (NR )
2018
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
2nd
Pentathlon
4700 pts
European Championships
Berlin, Germany
4th
Heptathlon
6552 pts
2019
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow, United Kingdom
4th
Pentathlon
4702 pts
World Championships
Doha, Qatar
–
Heptathlon
DNF
2021
European Indoor Championships
Toruń, Poland
4th
Pentathlon
4587 pts
Olympic Games
Tokyo, Japan
8th
Heptathlon
6403 pts
2022
European Championships
Munich, Germany
–
Heptathlon
DNF
Personal bests
Outdoor
Indoor
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 .
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