Asmir Kolašinac


Asmir Kolašinac is a Serbian shot putter who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. In 2013 Kolašinac was European Indoor Champion in shot put. He is coached by Mišo Đurić and Nikola Tomasović.

Career

Kolašinac was a finalist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, where he placed ninth overall. He has competed for Serbia in indoor track and field events, including the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Outside of major competitions, he won silver medals for Serbia at the 2010 European Cup Winter Throwing meet and at the second league levels of the 2010 and 2011 European Team Championships.
He achieved a personal best throw of 20.50 m in Novi Sad in June 2011, becoming the first Serbian track and field athlete to achieve the "A" Standard for the 2012 London Olympic Games. He primarily uses the spin technique. He improved his best to 20.64 m at the 2012 Gugl Indoor Meeting in Germany in February. In Olympic final he was placed 7th with a throw 20.71 m.
At the 2012 European Championship he won a bronze medal, at the 2013 European Indoor Championship he became European Champion and at the 2015 European Indoor Championship he won silver. These are the greatest achievements in his career so far.
In addition to shot putting at personal best of 21.58 m outdoors, he has set a personal best throw of 63.18 m in the javelin.

Personal life

Kolašinac is an ethnic Bosniak, and practising Muslim. His parents, Spaho and Muradija, lived briefly in Skopje where he was born, but then returned to their hometown of Sjenica in southwestern Serbia. He is a supporter of FK Partizan. He is currently studying at the University of Sport and Physical Education in Sarajevo.

Statistics

SeasonPerformancePlaceDate
2015 Novi Sad, Serbia15 February 2015
2014 Novi Sad, Serbia1 March 2014
2013Gothenburg, Sweden1 March 2013
2012 Linz, Austria3 February 2012
2011Budapest, Hungary13 February 2011
2010Linz, Austria4 February 2010
2009Sarajevo, Bosnia7 February 2009
2008Budapest, Hungary26 January 2008

International competitions