Mesud Pezer (born 27 August 1994) is a Bosnian shot putter. Pezer holds both

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in the

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discipline. He represented his country at the

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without qualifying for the final, and the

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, where he reached the final and placed 11th overall. His personal bests in the event are outdoors ( Växjö 2019) and indoors (

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2018).

International competitions

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or World Athletics Continental Tour

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/IAAF World Challenge
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meets.}

References

1994 births Living people Bosnia and Herzegovina male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Bosnia and Herzegovina Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Zenica Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics European Games competitors for Bosnia and Herzegovina Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games {{BosniaHerzegovina-athletics-bio-stub