Sandra Perković (born 21 June 1990) is a Croatian discus thrower. She is a two-time Olympic (2012, 2016) and World (2013, 2017) champion and record six-time European champion (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) which no other female athlete achieved. She is a six-time Diamond League overall winner.
Sport
Country
Croatia
Sport
Athletics
Event(s)
Discus throw
Club
HAAK Mladost
Dinamo Zrinjevac
Coached by
Edis Elkasević
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking
1st (2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018)
Personal best(s)
Discus throw: 71.41 (2017, NR)
Shot put outdoor: 16.40 (2011)
Shot put indoor: 16.99 (2011)
Medal record
Sandra Perković
Member of the Croatian Parliament
for the 2nd electoral district
In office
28 December 2015 – 14 October 2016
Prime Minister
Zoran Milanović
Tihomir Orešković
Personal details
Political party
Milan Bandić 365 - The Party of Labour and Solidarity (2015–)
Perković culminated her successful junior career by winning gold at the 2009 European Junior Championships with a new national record. A month later, she made the final of the World Championships as the youngest discus thrower in the field.
In her first year of senior competition she won gold at the 2010 European Championships, becoming the youngest ever European champion in women's discus throw. A six-month doping suspension after testing positive for a banned psychostimulant kept her out of competition for most of the 2011 season, including the World Championships, but she successfully defended her title in the European Championships.
Perković is coached by Edis Elkasević. Her personal best and national record is 71.41 meters, set in July 2017 at the Galà dei Castelli meeting in Bellinzona, Switzerland. At the time, it was the longest discus throw by a female athlete in 25 years.
She became a member of the Croatian Parliament after the 2015 general election for the 8th Sabor.
