Borislav Dević

Borislav Dević (Serbian Cyrillic: Борислав Девић, born 9 January 1963) is a Serbian retired track athlete and marathoner who specialized in various disciplines in middle-distance and long-distance races. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Borislav Dević
Personal information
NationalityYugoslav1
Serbian
Born (1963-01-09) January 9, 1963
Donje Biljane, Ravni Kotari, Yugoslavia
Sport
SportTrack, long-distance running
Event(s)1500 metres, 5000 metres, marathon
ClubAK Crvena Zvezda
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500m: 3:40.8[1]
5000m: 14:01.95[2]
10,000m: 29:38.14[1]
Marathon: 2:13:57[1]

Running career

Dević was born in Donje Biljane, a small village in Ravni Kotari. Growing up in Kninska Krajina, he first specialized in the 1500 metres. He became one of the most competitive middle-distance track runners in all of SR Croatia and ran at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb. When Yugoslavia began to break up, he moved briefly to Sarajevo, but soon took refuge in Belgrade while his parents moved to live in the United States. Being without his parents or any close relatives in Belgrade, he was invited by Goran Raičević and his wife Jelena to live with them.[3] He formed a very close friendship with Goran, and their training together lasted up to the time when Dević ran the men's marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in 49th place of 111 finishers with a time of 2:21:22. He finished in seventh place at the 1997 Belgrade Marathon in a time of 2:16:01.[4]

After the end of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, Dević moved to Australia. A Japanese movie director who was fascinated by Dević's life story and his friendship with Goran planned to make a documentary about Dević's career.[3]

Notes

References

  1. IAAF. "Borislav DEVIĆ - Athlete Profile".
  2. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. "Runner profile: Borislav Devic".
  3. Dragan Milenković (June 27, 2000). "Japanci ispratili našeg rekordera". Glas javnosti.
  4. "ODRŽAN 10. "BEOGRADSKI ŠTARK MARATON"". Naša borba. April 21, 1997.
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