# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kresimir-racic
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:59:06.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kresimir-racic"
name: "Krešimir Račić"
slug: "kresimir-racic"
description: "Krešimir \"Krešo\" Račić was a Croatian hammer thrower. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and placed sixth in 1956. He won a gold medal in the 1959 Mediterranean Games and a bronze in the 1959 Summer Universiade. During his career Račić had a strong domestic rivalry with Zvonko Bezjak, with Račić winning the Yugoslav title in 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1964 and Bezjak in 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1963."
tagline: "Yugoslav hammer thrower (1932-1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kre%C5%A1o_Ra%C4%8Di%C4%87.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1932-08-15"
deathDate: "1994-06-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           34.65
  momentum:             5.416666666666665
  historical:           4.601332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_Ra%C4%8Di%C4%87"
    title: "Krešimir Račić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_Ra%C4%8Di%C4%87"
    title: "Krešimir Račić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_Ra%C4%8Di%C4%87"
    title: "Krešimir Račić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_Ra%C4%8Di%C4%87"
    title: "Krešimir Račić"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%87%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80"
    title: "Рачич, Крешимир"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6436942"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump