Roman Kejžar

Roman Kejžar (born February 11, 1966 in Kranj) is a Slovenian long-distance and marathon runner.[1] He is a three-time Olympian, and a 2004 national marathon champion. He also set both a national record and a personal best time of 2:11:50 at the 2000 Turin Marathon, earning him a spot on the Slovenian team for the Olympics.[2]

Roman Kejžar
Personal information
Nationality Slovenia
Born (1966-02-11) 11 February 1966
Kranj, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Marathon
ClubAK Velenje
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Half-marathon: 1:02:49 (2000)
Marathon: 2:11:50 (2000)

At age thirty-four, Kejzar made his official debut for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed sixty-second out of a hundred runners in the men's marathon, with a time of 2:26:38, fourteen seconds behind Tanzania's Zebedayo Bayo. He displayed a stellar performance at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, when he finished fifty-fourth in the marathon for the second time, posting his best Olympic career time of 2:23:34.

Eight years after competing in his first Olympics, Kejzar qualified for his third Slovenian team, as a 42-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing nineteenth and reaching an A-standard time of 2:17:26 from the 2007 Berlin Marathon.[3] He successfully finished the race in sixty-seventh place by nine seconds behind Mexico's Francisco Bautista, with a time of 2:29:37.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roman Kejžar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. Ramsak, Bob (23 October 2005). "Njoroge, Grandovec easy winners in Ljubljana Marathon". IAAF. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. "Kejžar z olimpijsko normo" [Kejžar reached an Olympic norm] (in Slovenian). Atletska Zveza Slovenije. 30 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. "Men's Marathon". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.


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