Boško Kijanović (born 21 June 2000) is a Serbian sprinter. He has won multiple national titles and is the national record holder over 200 metres and 400 metres indoors. He has competed for Serbia at the World Athletics Championships and World Athletics Indoor Championships.[1]

Career

He set a Serbian indoor national record of 46.22 seconds for the 400 metres competing in Belgrade in March 2022.[2] He competed at his home-staged 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, in the 400 metres.[3] He set a Serbian U23 national record of 45.72 seconds for the 400 metres in May 2022.[4] In June 2022, he won the national title at the Serbian Athletics Championships in Kruševac over 200 metres in a time of 20.70 seconds, breaking the national record which had been held since 1984 by Mladen Nikolić, and winning the race by over a second from his nearest competitor.[5]

He competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon over 400 metres.[6] He reached the semi-finals at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany over 400 metres.[7]

In July 2023, he won the Serbian Athletics Championships in Kraljevo, in over both the 200 metres and 400 metres.[8][9]

In August 2024, he ran 10.31 seconds for the 100 metres.[10] He won the indoor Serbian national 400 metres title at the Serbian Indoor Athletics Championships in February 2025.[11] He competed at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, but did not qualify for the semi-finals of the 400 metres.[12][13] Later that month, he competed at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China in the 400 metres, where he reached the semi-finals.[14]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Serbia
2025 World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 8th 400m 46.62

Personal life

His is from Belgrade. His is brother, Aleksa Kijanović, is also a sprinter who has won Serbian national championships.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Boško Kijanović". World Athletics. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Duplantis sets world pole vault record of 6.19m in Belgrade". World Athletics. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Athletes Anja Lukic, Bosko Kijanovic and Elzan Bibic planted a tree of the WIC Belgrade22". World Athletics. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  4. ^ "SPORTSBoško Kijanović broke the state record in 400 meters!". Maxbetsport. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  5. ^ "Fantastično ostvarenje u Kruševcu: Kijanović oborio državni rekord iz 1984. godine na 200 metara i uzeo zlato!". Telegraf.rs (in Serbian). 22 June 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  6. ^ "Vuleta, Gardašević and Kijanović at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon!". oks.org.rs. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  7. ^ "BRAVO Kijanović u polufinalu Evropskog prvenstva". Alo.rs. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Serbian Championships". World Athletics. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  9. ^ "Serbian Championships". World Athletics. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Boško Kijanović bez rekorda na 100". Zurnal.rs. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Prvi dan Prvenstva Srbije – Kijanović do desete uzastone titule, Gardaševićevoj pripao dvoboj sa Topićevom". rts.rs. 22 February 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  12. ^ "European Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Kijanović poručio pred EP: "Cilj je polufinale u trci na 400 metara"". Telegraf.rs. 4 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  14. ^ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 23 March 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Aleksa i Boško rekordima do Pariza". Zurnal.rs. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C5%A1ko_Kijanovi%C4%87
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