Zdravko Pečar

Zdravko Pečar
caucasian male with medium-length hair and moustache, wearing a suit
Pečar
Personal information
Born(1950-01-12)12 January 1950
Maribor, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died2 April 2025(2025-04-02) (aged 75)

Zdravko Pečar (12 January 1950 – 2 April 2025) was a Slovene discus thrower. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] While competing for Brigham Young University he won the 1974 NCAA Championships.

Following his throwing career he also wrote a doctoral dissertation on artificial intelligence at the University of Maribor.[2]

Pečar died following a long illness on 2 April 2025, at the age of 75.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Zdravko Pečar Bio, Stats, and Results". SR/Olympics. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dr Zdravko Pecar". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Umrl nekdanji jugoslovanski rekorder v metu diska Zdravko Pečar". Rtvslo. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "ТУГА: Преминуо легендарни југословенски атлетичар" [SADNESS: Legendary Yugoslav athlete passes away]. rtvslo.si. 5 April 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.


This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.