Damjan Sitar

{{short description|Slovenian decathlete}}

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| birth_place = Maribor, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia

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| event = Decathlon

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| pb = Decathlon: 7,718 points (2008)

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Damjan Sitar (born August 17, 1981 in Maribor) is a Slovenian decathlete.{{cite sports-reference|title = Damjan Sitar|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/damjan-sitar-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418120057/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/damjan-sitar-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 16 January 2013}} He set both a national record and a personal best score of 7,718 points, by winning his event at the 2008 Slovenian Open Athletics Championships, coincidentally in his home city.{{cite news|title=Sitar do rekorda in norme|trans-title=Sitar set a record and a norm|language=Slovenian|url=http://www.siol.net/sportal/atletika/2008/06/sitar_na_mnogoboju_do_rekorda_in_norme.aspx|publisher=Planet Siol|date=1 June 2008|accessdate=16 January 2013}}

Sitar represented Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in men's decathlon. During the event, he set a personal best of 47.23 metres in the javelin throw, but received poor scores in the shot put, discus throw, and pole vault, which cost him a chance for a medal. In the end, Sitar finished only in twenty-third place, with a total score of 7,336 points.{{cite web|title=Men's Decathlon|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc=ATM900000/eventstandings.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=16 January 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730235425/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/trackandfield/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DATM900000/eventstandings.html|archivedate=30 July 2012}}