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Drago Štritof
Dragutin "Drago" Štritof (1 August 1923 – 2 November 2014) was a Croatian middle-distance running, middle-distance runner who competed for Yugoslavia. He competed in the Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase, men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References 1923 births 2014 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Croatian male middle-distance runners Yugoslav male middle-distance runners Yugoslav male steeplechase runners Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Place of birth missing {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steeplechase (athletics)
The steeplechase is an obstacle race in Sport of athletics, athletics which derives its name from the Steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase in horse racing. The foremost version of the event is the 3000 metres steeplechase. The 2000 metres steeplechase is the next most common distance. In youth athletics, a distance of 1000 metres is occasionally used for steeplechase races. History Steeple chasing was originally a horse riding event that grew out of hunting with dogs. A pack of dogs would be set on the trail of the prey while riders on horses chased after the dogs, going over fields, leaping fences, jumping over gates and ditches, bounding over brooks and streams, racing through woods, until finally the prey was caught. By the start of the nineteenth century hunting for foxes, hares and stags like this was quite common all over Britain, and even the king of England kept both a pack of Stag Hounds and a pack of Harriers for hunting hares. Occasionally, the riders would go o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
