Petar Šegedin (athlete)

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| name = Petar Šegedin

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| nationality = Yugoslav/Croatian

| sport = Athletics

| event = steeplechase

| club = Partizan Belgrade

| birth_date = 14 September 1926

| birth_place = Orebić, Croatia

| death_date = 14 October 1994 (aged 68)

| death_place = Dubrovnik, Croatia

| height =166 cm

| weight =54 kg

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Petar Šegedin (14 September 1926 – 14 October 1994) was a Yugoslav/Croatian steeplechase and long-distance runner.{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105416/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/petar-segedin-1.html |title=Petar Šegedin|website=sports-reference.com}}

Biography

Šegedin was a member of AK Jug, Dubrovnik and AK Partizan, Belgrade. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, placing 6th. He also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79465 |title=Biographical Information |website=Olympedia |access-date=15 April 2025}}

Šegedin won the 3000 m steeplechase silver medal at the 1950 European Athletics Championships. His personal best over 3000 metres steeplechase was 8:47.8, set in 1953. He twice won the Yugoslavian Athletics Championships over 5000 m (1948 and 1950) and set five national records in this event.

Šegedin won the British AAA Championships title in the steeplechase event at the 1950 AAA Championships{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000681/19500715/110/0005 |title=Bailey's furlong record confirmed |work=Daily Herald |date=15 July 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003359/19500716/244/0008 |title=Won Arthur Wint equals half-mile record |work=Weekly Dispatch (London) |date=16 July 1950 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=15 April 2025}} and the 1951 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 April 2025}}

References

[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ec.htm European Championships (men)]
[http://www.atletskisavezbeograda.com/atleticari/ Atletski savez Beograda - Atletičari] {{in lang|sr}}
{{cite book|url=https://www.hoo.hr/images/Publikacije/Hrvatski_olimpijci_i_odli%C4%8Dnici_.pdf|title=Hrvatski olimpijci i odličnici|last=Gizdić|first=Jurica|publisher=Croatian Olympic Committee|year=2016|isbn=978-953-7912-05-5|page=73|language=hr|format=PDF|accessdate=29 June 2018}}

{{succession box |

| before = First award

| after = Andrija Otenheimer

| title = Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year

| years = 1950

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Category:1926 births

Category:1994 deaths

Category:Yugoslav male steeplechase runners

Category:Croatian male long-distance runners

Category:Yugoslav male long-distance runners

Category:Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia