Željko Dimitrijević

Željko Dimitrijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Димитријевић; born 4 January 1971) is a gold medal-winning Paralympian athlete from Serbia. He competes in seated throws in the F51 classification, a class for quadriplegics. He is the current world record holder in club throw.

Željko Dimitrijevic

Personal information
Birth name	Жељко Димитријевић
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1971-01-04) 4 January 1971 (age 54) Petrovac na Mlavi, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Club throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best	35.29
Medal record Representing  Serbia Men's Athletics Paralympic Games 2012 London Club throw F31-32/51 2016 Rio de Janeiro Club throw F51 2020 Tokyo Club throw F51 2024 Paris Club throw F51 World Championships 2015 Doha Club throw F51 2017 London Club throw F51 2024 Kobe Club throw F51 European Championships 2016 Grosseto Club throw F51 2018 Berlin Club throw F51 2021 Bydgoszcz Club throw F51

Career

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, he won a gold medal in club throw, broke a world record and became first Paralympic gold medalist for Serbia.^[1] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Dimitrijević won another gold medal in the same event with new world record (29.96 m).^[2]

At the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships, Dimitrijević won gold medal in club throw in the F51 classification with a new world record of 34.71 m.^[3]