Breda_Babošek

Breda Babošek

Breda Babošek

Slovenian high jumper

Breda Lorenci-Babošek (born 16 July 1951) is a Slovenian retired athlete. She competed in the women's high jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics, representing Yugoslavia.[1]

Quick Facts Personal information, Nationality ...

Babošek cleared 1.73m in the qualifying round in Munich and did not advance to the final.

Prior to her Olympic appearance, Babošek won the bronze medal in the high jump at the 1971 Mediterranean Games with a leap of 1.74m.[2] She tied for 16th at the 1971 European Athletics Championships with a leap of 1.75m.[3]

She competed in the pentathlon at the 1978 European Athletics Championships where she finished 16th with 4064 points.[4]

Her personal best in the high jump was 1.83m set in Maribor in 1973.[5]

Personal bests

More information Event, Time/distance ...

Two sources cite different personal bests for the pentathlon: World Athletics lists 4351 points in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 12 August 1978,[6] and European Athletics lists 4029 points in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 12 August 1973.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Breda Babošek Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Mediterranean Games Past Winners". GBR Athletics.
  3. [3]
    "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 Statistic Handbook" (PDF). European Athletics. p. 418.
  4. [4]
    "European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014" (PDF). European Athletics. p. 435.
  5. [5]
    "Slovenian Athletics Federation's all-time performance lists" (PDF).
  6. [6]
    "World Athletics Athlete Profile". World Athletics.
  7. [7]
    "European Athletics Athlete Profile". European Athletics.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Breda_Babošek, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.