Dragan Mustapić

Dragan Mustapić (born 23 March 1963) is a male discus thrower from Croatia. His personal best throw was 64.40 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Ljubljana. He also had 18.39 metres in the shot put, achieved in December 2005 in Toronto.^[1]

Mustapić was born in Imotski.^[2] He was a five-time Yugoslav discus throw champion (1987–1991)^[3] and was the first Yugoslav discus thrower to surpass 60 meters.^[4] He finished seventh at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at the 1995 World Championships,^[1] the 1998 European Championships,^[5] as well as the Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004^[2] without reaching the final.

Mustapić has a B.Sc. degree in criminology^[6] and a Ph.D. in economics.^[4] During his sports career, he was an officer in the Croatian Army.^[6] As of 2019, he attained a rank of colonel, and was teaching at the Franjo Tuđman Military Academy in Zagreb.^[7]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Yugoslavia
1987	Universiade	Zagreb, Yugoslavia	8th	54.79 m
	Mediterranean Games	Latakia, Syria	4th	57.12 m
1989	Universiade	Duisburg, West Germany	9th	56.39 m
Representing  Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	29th (q)	48.80 m
Representing  Croatia
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	41st (q)	53.54 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	27th (q)	57.94 m
1997	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	6th	57.04 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	27th (q)	54.73 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	34th (q)	58.10 m
2001	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	7th	58.45 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	34th (q)	54.66 m

References

1. Dragan Mustapić at World Athletics
2. "Dragan Mustapić". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
3. "Yugoslavian Championships".
4. "Prvi olimpijci BiH: Živi, zdravi i zaboravljeni".
5. "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 Statistics Handbook" (PDF). p. 58. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
6. "Mustapić bez značajnog rezultata - Sportnet".
7. "Jutarnji list - PUKOVNIKA MUSTAPIĆA U VOJNOM UČILIŠTU STAVILI NA LED do daljnjega ne smije predavati jer je rekao da je 'Medački džep' bila štetna akcija". 6 March 2019.