Tomislav Ašković (born May 4, 1951) is a former distance runner who competed for

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at the

1986 European Athletics Championships The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion, now known as MHPArena, in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany. Contemporaneous reports were given in the Glasgow Herald. Me ...

and the

1987 Mediterranean Games The X Mediterranean Games (), commonly known as the 1987 Mediterranean Games, were the 10th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Latakia, Syria, from 11 to 25 September 1987. A total of 1,996 athletes from 18 countries participated, of wh ...

in the marathon.

Running career

In 1979, Ašković won the "Liberation of Ludbreg Race" in

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, finishing ahead of runner-up Marjan Krempl who would later become a successful marathoner. On July 8, 1980, he ran his personal best in the 5000 meters in 13:47.80, finishing in sixth place at the Rosicky Memorial track meet at

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. Ašković ran the 1986

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, where he finished in 25th place in a time of 2:18:27. He finished in 14th place in the men's marathon at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in a time of 2:15:27. On June 7, 1987, he won the Novi Sad Marathon in 2:14:30, although the course was short according to the Association of Road Racing Statisticians. He finished in fifth place in the men's marathon at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.

Later career

In 1995, Ašković and Branislav Petrović started a magazine called ''YU-Maraton''. After nine issues, the magazine was discontinued after 1997.
Klub 100 Maratona. December 20, 2010. Accessed November 4, 2018. He started an athletics club in

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, but by 2012 the club was disbanded due to lack of interest.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Askovic, Tomislav 1951 births Living people Serbian male long-distance runners Yugoslav male long-distance runners Yugoslav male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Athletics Championships winners