Marija Tolj
Croatian discus thrower (born 1999)
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Marija Tolj (born 29 November 1999) is a Croatian athlete specialising in the discus throw. She won the gold medal at the 2019 European U23 Championships. She competed at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games, as well as multiple other major championships. Her personal best in the event is 64.71 metres set in Oran in 2022.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 November 1999 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
| Club | AK Dinamo-Zrinjevac |
| Coached by | Roland Varga (2014–) Ivan Ivančić (–2014) |
Career
She won the gold medal in the discus throw at the 2019 European U23 Championships.[3]
She competed at the 2019 European Athletics Team Championships in Varazdin, Croatia, placing second in the discus throw in the second division competition.[4] She competed in the discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, but did not qualify for the final.[5]
She competed at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan held in 2021 where she had a best throw of 61.48 metres in the qualified round and missed a place in the final by four centimetres.[6]
She competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, where she successfully reached the final and placed eighth overall with a best throw of 63.07 metres.[7] She competed at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where she qualified for the final and placed sixth overall with a best throw of 63.37 metres.[8]
She competed at the 2023 European Athletics Team Championships in Silesia, Poland.[9] She competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary where best throw of 58.92 was not enough to progress to the final.[10]
She competed at the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome, Italy, finishing eighth in the final with a best throw of 61.42 metres.[11] She competed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France but did not qualify for the final with a best throw of 59.87 metres.[12]
