Slovenian sensation adds M65 high jump indoor world record
One way of measuring a mark is how it rates on the “absolute records” scale. In terms of the high jump, that means nobody older has leaped higher. So now we have another entry: Slovenia’s Dusan Prezelj cleared 1.68 meters (5-6) over the weekend at the Balkan Veterans Indoor Championships in Istanbul. Not bad for a 66-year-old flopper. Dusan’s indoor mark sets an M65 world age-group record and also exceeds American Phil Fehlen’s listed M65 outdoor WR of 1.66 (5-5 1/4). (But Dusan has a better outdoor mark: an unratified 1.67.) At the Balkans meet, Dusan opened at 1.45 (4-9) and cleared his first four heights on his first try. He made 1.65 and 1.68 on second attempts before missing three times at 1.71 (5-7 1/4). The race continues for the oldest 6-foot jumper. Current title-holder is Thomas Zacharias at age 59. Here’s Dusan at 62:
Last September, Dusan’s 1.67 was subject of a local news report. Here’s a Google translation:
Dušan Prezelj having achieved world records
Dušan Prezelj the new world record
Text: Miroslav CvjetićaninMember of the Athletic Club Kranj at the European Athletics Championships in Izmir for veterans jumped 167 centimeters and put European and world record in the high jump.
Izmir – the third largest Turkish city at the end of August, hosted the 19th European Athletics Championships Veterans Athletics (EVACS 2014).
Championship was attended by five athletes. Dušan, which has in its display case for 15 medals from European and world championships, he added to his collection one that has the signature of the world and European record in the category of up to 65 years!
Although the last two seasons have plenty of health problems and his veteran career was already heavily compromised, he managed to heal and prepare for the championship.
Good physical and mental preparation throughout the winter and spring, and of course all the wealth of experience to overcome any health problems so that you can best prepare for the European Championship, where he scored one of the greatest successes of the Slovenian veteran athletics.
It was a complete success Dušanov are with good results contributed by other members of the “gorenjska” athletic expedition. Stanko Prezelj (AK Kranj) in the high jump in the category W60 ranked 3rd place, jumped 127 centimeters.
Sabina Krebelj (AK Satler Kranj) in the hammer throw in the category W35 reached 4th place, hammer throw is 32.41 meters. Thomas Janežič (AK Triglav Kranj) in the discus throw in the M45 category thankless won 4th place.
Disk threw 38.81 meters away. Mojca Breganski (AK Radovljica) in the all-around in the category W40 ranked 4th, won the 3789 points, which is also a national record for this category.
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Congratulation to Dusan; it is inspiring
I hadn’t updated my site for a long time, but now I did. Besides being a good flopper Dusan is a very nice man too.
Strange that his outdoor 1.67 isn’t yet official, it happened at the European championships, not a tiny meet.
+1 on the congrats. Milan, looking forward to seeing you jump in Winston-Salem.
very nice guy… here is at Bucharest, in 2014 BAVACS:
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M65 disk throw
1. M65 683 PREZELJ Dušan SLO 44.54
M65 high jump
1. M65 683 PREZELJ Dušan SLO 1.65
You may see the world record (168 cm) of Dusan in Istanbul between 4:08 – 4:16 min. here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl8TYQsYP4M .
Dusan is also an excellent discus thrower (seen in the previous post above).
His wife, Stanka Prezelj, W60, is also a very good high jumper.
Their son (Rozle, already M35) has a PB 232 cm (from 2012).
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