Emir Bekrić (, born 14 March 1991) is a former Serbian hurdler. He specialises and holds the Serbian national record for the 400 metres hurdles. He is coached by Mirjana Stojanović. In 2013, Bekrić became the first male track and field athlete from Serbia to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships. In the same year he won the award European athletics rising star, as well as golden badge for Serbian athlete of the year.
Early life Born to a Bosnian Muslim father and a Serb mother, Emir has a sister named Sena. He is an Orthodox Christian, and has said that religion and Orthodoxy are very important for him and have helped him in his career.
Hurdling career Bekrić won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships in Ostrava. At the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen he broke the national record in semifinal for the 400 meter hurdles, breaking 50 seconds and beating Jeshua Anderson who later won the gold medal in the finals.Athletics 400m hurdles men – 2011 Shenzen Summer Universiade (PDF) At the 2012 European Championships he again broke national record in semifinals. In the final he won a silver medal. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Bekrić broke the Serbian national record for the 400m hurdles for the third time with a time of 49.21 seconds. At the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow he won the bronze medal and posted the new national record with a time of 48.05 seconds.
Personal bests
Type Event Best Location Date NotesOutdoor 400 metres 46.49s Belgrade, Serbia 4 August 2013 400 metres hurdles 48.05s Moscow, Russia 15 August 2013 Indoor400 metres 47.17s Prague, Czech Republic 25 February 2014
Achievements Representing 2009European Team Championships — 1st LeagueBergen, Norway12th400 m hurdles54.33European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbiasf400 m hurdles53.45UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia18th (h)400 m hurdles53.162010European Team Championships — 2nd LeagueBelgrade, Serbia2nd400 m hurdles51.66World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada7th400 m hurdles51.062011European Team Championships — 2nd LeagueNovi Sad, Serbia2nd400 m hurdles50.35European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France21st (h)400 m48.34European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic3rd400 m hurdles49.61 (NR)UniversiadeShenzhen, China6th400 m hurdles50.20World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea19th (sf)400 m hurdles49.942012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland2nd400 m hurdles49.49Summer OlympicsLondon, United Kingdom14th (sf)400 m hurdles49.622013European Team Championships — 2nd LeagueKaunas, Lithuania 1st400 m hurdles49.98 1st4 × 400 m3:08.73Mediterranean GamesMersin, Turkey1st400 m hurdles48.83 (NR, GR)European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland1st400 m hurdles48.76 (NR)World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia3rd400 m hurdles48.05 (NR)2014European Team Championships — 2nd LeagueRiga, Latvia 1st400 m hurdles49.643rd4 × 400 m3:08.54European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland6th400 m hurdles49.902018European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany23rd (sf)400 m hurdles50.96
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