MATIJASEVIC Nemanja

Serbia

Athletics

Date of Birth: 3 Feb 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Sport Class: T47

Place of birth: CACAK

Birth Country:

Serbia

Place of residence : BELGRADE

Residence Country:

Serbia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Men's Long Jump - T47	7

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - Long Jump	Men's Long Jump - T47 Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
World Championships
5	Long Jump - T47	2019	Dubai, UAE	6.88
European Championships
2	Long Jump - T47	2021	Bydgoszcz, POL	6.45
2	Long Jump - T47	2018	Berlin, GER	6.42

Hobbies:

Basketball, football. (Athlete, 05 Nov 2019)

Occupation:

Student

Education:

Mechanical Engineering - University of Belgrade, Serbia

Languages spoken:

English, French, Serbian

Club name:

AK Pogledi [Belgrade, SRB]

Coach:

Slobodan Stojic, SRB, from 2017

Debut:

2018 for Serbia (Athlete, 05 Nov 2019)

Start:

He took up Para athletics in November 2017 in Belgrade, Serbia. (Athlete, 05 Nov 2019)

Reason:

"I come from a town where athletics is not popular, there isn't even an athletics club in my hometown of Lucan [Serbia]. My first contact with athletics was in Belgrade when I started my studies. My friend, a basketball coach who has seen my talent for sport, suggested I spend my free time in Belgrade in the best possible way - training in a sport. His idea was athletics and then it all started. It was also the first time in my life I had trained for any sport." (espreso.rs, 25 Dec 2019; Athlete, 05 Nov 2019)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (n1info.com, 27 Sep 2020)

Training:

He trains six days a week. (lokalinfo.rs, 30 Oct 2020)

Memorable:

Winning a silver medal in the T47 long jump at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. (Athlete, 05 Nov 2019)

Hero:

Serbian Para thrower Drazenko Mitrovic. (Athlete, 05 Nov 2019)

Philosophy:

"You have to love what you do. When you love what you do, you commit yourself fully to it, and this means a big part of the work has already been done. You only need a bit of luck to have guaranteed success." (espreso.rs, 25 Dec 2019)

General Interest

Classification
T47 (IPC, 07 Mar 2021)

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency (espreso.rs, 25 Dec 2019)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (Athlete, 05 Nov 2019)

Impairment Details
He was born without his left forearm. (espreso.rs, 25 Dec 2019)

General
MOTIVATION
He gets extra motivation from his impairment. "I have to admit that I had a wonderful childhood. I have never experienced discrimination due to my impairment. I had many friends with whom I spent a lot of time outdoors chasing a ball as a child. My impairment was never a problem for me, it only gives me extra motivation. It was like I wanted to prove to people that I could do everything. And I managed to do it." (espreso.rs, 25 Dec 2019)

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Legend

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

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