Željko Dimitrijević

Željko Dimitrijevic
Personal information
Birth name Zeljko Dimitrijevic
Nationality Serbian
Born (1971-01-04) 4 January 1971
Ribare kod Zagubice - Petrovac na Mlavi
Residence Zemun
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Club throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 27.04 WR
Medal record
Representing  Serbia
Men's Athletics
Paralympic Games
2012 London Club Throw F31-32/51
IPC Athletics World Championships
2015 Doha Club throw - F51
IPC Athletics European Championships
2016 Grosseto Club throw - F51

Željko Dimitrijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Димитријевић), (born January 4, 1971 in Petrovac na Mlavi) is a Paralympian athlete from Serbia. He competes in seated throws in the F51 classification, a class for quadriplegics.

At the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London he won a gold medal in athletics, broke a world record and became first Paralympic gold medalist for independent Serbia.

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