Edis Elkasević

Putter

Birthday February 18, 1983

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Prijedor, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia

Age 41 years old

Nationality Bosnia and Herzegovina

Height 1.98 m

Weight 118 kg

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1983

Edis Elkasević (born February 18, 1983) is a Bosnian-born Croatian athletics coach and retired shot putter.

2002

He won the 2002 World Junior Championships.

With the junior shot (6 kg) he has 21.96 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Zagreb.

2004

He did not quite adapt to an international senior level, but competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.

2005

His personal best throw is 20.94 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Velenje.

He also has 60.54 metres in the discus throw, achieved in May 2005 in La Jolla, California.

2009

This was the junior world record until June 2009, when it was surpassed by David Storl.

2013

Since 2013, Elkasević has coached Sandra Perković, a multiple World, Olympic and European discus throw champion.

The two married on 31 December 2023.