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Ivona Dadic
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Ivona Dadic (2016)
Personal information
Nationality Austrian
Born (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30)
Wels, Austria
Height 1.79 m
Weight 64 kg
Sport
Country  Austria
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Austria
World Indoor Championships
Silver 2018 Birmingham Pentathlon
European Championships
Bronze 2016 Amsterdam Heptathlon
European Indoor Championships
Silver 2017 Belgrade Pentathlon
European U23 Championships
Bronze 2015 Tallinn Heptathlon
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

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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. 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

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

See also

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