KOLAK Sara

Date of Birth: 22 Jun 1995

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of residence : OSLO

Residence Country:

Norway

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's Javelin Throw

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Throws	Women's Javelin Throw Qualification - Group A	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1st (66.18)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Javelin Throw
2019	Doha, QAT	7th (62.28)
2017	London, GBR	4th (64.95)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Javelin Throw
2019	1 x 4th, 1 x 10th
2017	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 2 x 3rd

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2017	Javelin Throw	Lausanne, SUI	68.43
2	2017	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	67.83
3	2017	Javelin Throw	Zurich, SUI	64.47
3	2017	Javelin Throw	Eugene, OR, USA	64.64
4	2019	Javelin Throw	London, GBR	63.80
10	2019	Javelin Throw	Lausanne, SUI	56.19

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2021	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	60.04
3	2020	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Chorzow, POL	61.25
5	2020	Javelin Throw	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	60.52

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	66.42
1	2019	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	64.45
2	2017	Javelin Throw	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	61.86

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Reading, cycling, roller skating. (100posto.jutarnji.hr, 09 May 2019)

Occupation:

Business School PAR, Rijeka, CRO

Languages spoken:

Croatian, English, German

AK Kvarner [Rijeka, CRO]

Andreas Thorkildsen [personal], NOR, from 2019

After the 2017 World Championships in London, England, she had an elbow injury that needed surgery in February 2018 and caused her to miss the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. She returned to competition in 2019. (sportske.jutarnji.hr, 27 Dec 2018; 100posto.jutarnji.hr, 09 May 2019; 02 Feb 2018)

In late 2014 she had shoulder surgery and was out of competitive action for 15 months. (EuropeanAthletics, 12 Mar 2016; evarazdin.hr, 08 Mar 2016)

She took up athletics at age 12 in Varazdin, Croatia. (evarazdin.hr, 08 Mar 2016; tportal.hr, 19 Aug 2016)

She was encouraged to take up athletics by her physical education teacher, who noticed her talent for throwing events. "When my teacher and I arrived at the stadium in Varazdin, they immediately put a javelin into my hand. I didn't have the right to choose, but it worked out well." (tportal.hr, 19 Aug 2016)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (100posto.jutarnji.hr, 09 May 2019)

Winning a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (sportske.jutarnji.hr, 27 Dec 2018)

Norwegian javelin thrower Andreas Thorkildsen. (jutarnji.hr, 12 Aug 2019)

Her family. (startnews.hr, 15 Jan 2018)

Philosophy:

"It's the magic of risking everything for a dream that nobody sees but you." (Instagram profile, 21 Mar 2020)

General Interest

General
MOVING TO NORWAY
In August 2019 Andreas Thorkildsen became her new coach, and she moved to Oslo, Norway to train with him. "I found a coach who understands me, a coach from who I immediately learned new things and who motivates me to throw further than my personal best. It was my decision to change coach. I needed this change." (vecernji.hr, 02 Oct 2019; novilist.hr, 16 Mar 2020; varazdinski.net.hr, 07 Jan 2020)

SPECIAL GIFT
When she won bronze at the 2014 World Junior Championships, Croatian discus thrower Sandra Perkovic bought her a javelin from Andreas Thorkildsen, who would later become her coach. "She won a bronze medal at the junior world championships, but she didn't even have her own javelin. Considering that Andreas Thorkildsen is her favourite athlete, I bought his javelin for her, and I asked Thorkildsen to sign it as an extra motivation for her," Perkovic said. (vecernji.hr, 19 Aug 2016; vecernji.hr, 27 Oct 2016)

Milestones

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she became the first athlete representing Croatia to win an Olympic gold medal in javelin. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 May 2020)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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