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Marko Račič
Marko Račič (25 April 1920 – 27 May 2022) was a Slovenian athlete who participated in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Representing Yugoslavia, he advanced to the semi-finals of the men's 400 metre competition, but did not make it beyond the opening round of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay. A local and state sprinting record holder, Račič competed internationally for many years and made appearances at the 1946 and 1950 European Athletics Championships prior to taking up personal training and coaching in 1953. He served as an international athletics judge and an amateur sports administrator who was on committees for several international sporting events in Yugoslavia, including the 1984 Winter Olympics. From June 2013 until his death, he was the oldest living Slovenian Olympic competitor. Early life and athletic career Račič was born in Adlešiči near Črnomelj in 1920. He ran his first official race, at 100 metres, on his seventeenth birthday and won it, eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlešiči
Adlešiči (; german: Adleschitz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 4.) is a settlement on the left bank of the Kupa (river), Kolpa River in the Municipality of Črnomelj in the White Carniola area of southeastern Slovenia. The area is part of the traditional region of Lower Carniola and is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. It also encompasses a hamlet to the east near the bank of the Kolpa River called Nabrežci (literally, 'on the bank'), also known as Nabreško Selo ( sl, Nabreško selo, literally 'settlement on the bank'). Name Adlešiči was attested in historical sources as ''sancti Nicolai'' in 1334. Church The local parish church is dedicated to Saint Nicholas ( sl, sveti Miklavž) and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto. The church was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1334, but it owes its current Baroque arch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
