Edis Elkasević

Edis Elkasević

Personal information
Born	(1983-02-18) February 18, 1983 (age 41) Prijedor, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Weight	118 kg (260 lb)[1]
Spouse	Sandra Perković ​ (m. 2023)​
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Shot put
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Croatia Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Shot Put World Junior Championships 2002 Kingston Shot Put

Edis Elkasević (born February 18, 1983) is a Bosnian-born Croatian athletics coach and retired shot putter.

He won the 2002 World Junior Championships. He did not quite adapt to an international senior level, but competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.

Representing the Auburn Tigers track and field team, Elkasević won the 2005 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the shot put.^[2]

His personal best throw is 20.94 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Velenje. With the junior shot (6 kg) he has 21.96 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Zagreb. This was the junior world record until June 2009, when it was surpassed by David Storl.^[3] He also has 60.54 metres in the discus throw, achieved in May 2005 in La Jolla, California.

Since 2013, Elkasević has coached Sandra Perković, a multiple World, Olympic and European discus throw champion.^[4] The two married on 31 December 2023.^[5]

References

1. Edis Elkasević profile, SportsReference.com. Accessed 7 March 2024.
2. "(E) Edis Elkasevic won the NCAA title and a national record". www.croatia.org. Retrieved 2024-05-17.
3. "Germany's Storl breaks World junior record in the 6 kg Shot Put with 22.34m". berlin.iaaf.org. IAAF. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
4. "Razišli se 'zlatnici' Sandra Perković i Ivan Ivančić, Počela suradnju s dečkom". tportal (in Croatian). 2013-02-12. EN: Sandra Perković and Ivan Ivančić parted ways, She started working with her boyfriend
5. "Pogledajte prvi ples Sandre Perković i Edisa Elkasevića na jednu od najljepših ljubavnih pjesama". Hello! Magazine (in Croatian). 2023-12-31. EN: Watch the first dance of Sandra Perković and Edis Elkasević to one of the most beautiful love songs

Sources

• Edis Elkasević at World Athletics