Dragutin Topić
Dragutin Topić is a Serbian high jumper.Biography
He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four national titles for Yugoslavia in the men's high jump event. He was a member of AK Crvena zvezda where he spent almost entire carrier.
Topić still competes as of 2012, and has one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only World junior record with 2.37, but also World masters record for the ages over 35, and over 40 years of age.
He has competed at six Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012, as well as at seven World Championships.Personal bests
International competitions
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On 2 February 2001, after a meeting in Wuppertal, Germany, he was tested and his urine sample showed the presence of norandrosterone in concentrations slightly higher than allowed. He was tested positive to norandrosterone and suspended for two years.Personal life
His wife is Serbian triple jumper Biljana Topić. He is also her personal trainer.
