Darko Kralj

{{Short description|Croatian Paralympic shot putter}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|6|6}}

| birth_place = Garešnica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

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| country = Croatia

| sport = Paralympic athletics

| event = Shot put

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| coach = Ivan Ivančić

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{{MedalSport | Track and field}}

{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2008 Beijing | Shot put – F42}}

{{MedalSilver| 2012 London | Shot put – F42–44}}

{{MedalCompetition|IPC Athletics World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 2011 Christchurch | Shot put – F42}}

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{{MedalGold| 2009 Bangalore | Shot put – F42}}

{{MedalGold| 2011 Sharjah | Shot put – F42}}

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Darko Kralj (born 6 June 1971) is a Croatian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in shot put events. He lost his left leg in a missile attack in 1991.{{cite news|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2012/11/23/movies/the-king-about-the-shot-putter-darko-kralj.html|title=Overcoming Adversity, Partly Through Athletics|work=New York Times|date=23 November 2012|accessdate=21 January 2013}}

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the men's F42 shot put event improving his world record with 14.43 metres.{{cite news |url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/365089/ostali-sportovi-paraolimpijci/sjajan-dan-u-pekingu/ |title=Sjajan dan u Pekingu |date=10 September 2008 |work=Sportnet.hr |language=Croatian |accessdate=15 August 2012 |archive-date=21 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521011914/http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/365089/ostali-sportovi-paraolimpijci/sjajan-dan-u-pekingu/ |url-status=dead }} At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, Kralj won a silver medal.{{cite news|url=http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/411431/ostali-sportovi-paraolimpijci/na-zlatni-izazov-djevojaka-decki-odgovorili-srebrom/ |title=Na zlatni izazov djevojaka dečki odgovorili srebrom |date=25 January 2011 |work=Sportnet.hr |language=Croatian |accessdate=15 August 2012}}

The King, a Croatian-language film about Kralj's life directed by Dejan Aćimović, was released in 2012.