PETROVIC OTTO

Date / Place of birth: 9.8.1964 / Graz

Height/Weight: 1,93m / 90kg

Coach: Horst Mandl

Team: USSV Graz


Otto Petrovic in 1984

Otto Petrovic started with the Decathlon early. In 1982 he won his first national Title in the Youth Decathlon. His biggest success he had as a Junior in 1983. He won the national Junior Championships and placed 4th in the European Junior Championships. He had a very good High Jump and Javelin Throw. After 1984 he quit the Decathlon. Beside his Studies at the University he concentrated on the Javelin and became the national record holder and won four national titles with the new Javelin. He came very close to the 80 Meters with the Nemeth-Model.

Progression:

1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
5900p*) 6801p*)
6374p
5731p 7315p 7477p
All Decathlons calculated with the 1985 scoring tables
*) Age group Decathlons with various reductions

Best Results:

EC-J Dec: 4. 7315p - 1983 Schwechat
NC: Dec: 2. 7319p - 1984 Innsbruck
  Jav: 1. 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991

Personal Bests:

100:   11,64   7.7.84 Innsbruck
LJ:   6,79   27.7.84 Schielleiten
SP:   14,90   27.4.86 Graz
HJ:   2,08   7.7.84 Innsbruck
400:   51,78   25.8.83 Schwechat
110H:   15,49   8.7.84 Innsbruck
DT:   41,02   18.7.84 Graz
PV:   4,70   28.7.84 Schielleiten
JT:   79,88   28.8.91 Leibnitz
1500:   4:36,20 26.8.83 Schwechat

Total Points based an Personal Bests: 7923p

All Decathlons >7000p:

7020   11,95   6,44   12,82 1,99 52,46 15,86   38,72 4,20 69,94 4:57,97 1 RC-J 11./12.6.83 Schielleiten
7015   11,88   6,63   13,05 1,95 52,72 15,64   37,78 4,30 62,44 4:49,83 1 NC-J 9./10.7.83 Wien
7315   11,84   6,63   13,20 2,07 51,78 15,70   35,22 4,40 67,66 4:36,20 4 EC-J 25./26.8.83 Schwechat
7319   11,64   6,76   12,92 2,08 52,20 15,49   38,00 4,20 65,62 4:41,30 2 NC 7./8.7.84 Innsbruck
7477   11,85   6,79   13,70 2,01 51,99 15,60   39,88 4,70 66,48 4:38,7 1 27./28.7.84 Schielleiten

All Heptathlons >5000p:

5111   7,56 6,52 12,83 2,00 8,69 4,40 2:55,60 5 j 17./18.2.84 Berlin