{{Short description|Bosnian shot putter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Mesud Pezer | image = Mesud Pezer (athletics competitor).jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Pezer in 2019 | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|8|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | height = 1.97 m<ref>{{cite web |title=Mesud Pezer |url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/mesud-pezer_prs449187/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> | weight = 120 kg | country = {{BIH}} | sport = Track and field | event = Shot put | club = AK Zenica | collegeteam = | education = | coach = Mehmed Skender | pb = Outdoor: 21.48 m '''NR''' (2019) <br> Indoor: 21.15 m '''NR''' (2018) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{BIH}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}} {{MedalBronze|2018 Tarragona | Shot Put}} }} '''Mesud Pezer''' (born 27 August 1994)<ref>{{World Athletics}}</ref> is a Bosnian shot putter. He holds both national records in the shot put discipline. He competed at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics and is the 2018 Mediterranean Games bronze medalist.
== Career == Pezer won a bronze medal in the 5 kg shot put at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=Athletics - Shot Put Boys Final |url=http://www.trabzon2011.org/results/at/asm/037/004/cgcgr2atasm037c004001.html |website=Trabzon 2011 |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514114117/http://www.trabzon2011.org/results/at/asm/037/004/cgcgr2atasm037c004001.html |archive-date=14 May 2012 |date=28 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He won a gold medal in the 6 kg shot put at the 2013 European Junior Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pezer makes it a double in the shot put in Istanbul |url=https://www.european-athletics.com/news/pezer-makes-double-the-shot-put-istanbul |website=European Athletics |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
Pezer threw for 20.58 metres at the 2016 Irvine Steve Scott Invitational and met the qualification standard for the 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sjajan dan za bh. atletiku: Nakon Mešića i Pezer ispunio normu za Olimpijadu |trans-title=Great day for BiH athletics: After Mešić, Pezer meets Olympic quota |url=http://faktor.ba/sjajan-dan-za-bh-atletiku-nakon-mesica-i-pezer-ispunio-normu-za-olimpijadu/ |website=Faktor.ba |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501100922/http://faktor.ba/sjajan-dan-za-bh-atletiku-nakon-mesica-i-pezer-ispunio-normu-za-olimpijadu/ |archive-date=1 May 2016 |language=Bosnian |date=1 May 2016}}</ref> There, he finished 24th in the qualifications and did not advance to the shot put final.<ref>{{cite web |title=2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics Men's Shot Put |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2016/results/_/event/359/discipline/3 |website=ESPN |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref>
Pezer won the bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games behind fellow Bosnian Hamza Alić and Croatia's Stipe Žunić.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mediterranean Games 2018 Men's Shot Put Final Results |url=https://tarragona2018-reports.s3.amazonaws.com/ATH/MED18_ATHMSHOTPUT-----------------------_C76C01_v1..pdf |website=Tarragona 2018 |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708131719/https://tarragona2018-reports.s3.amazonaws.com/ATH/MED18_ATHMSHOTPUT-----------------------_C76C01_v1..pdf |archive-date=8 July 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He then finished 12th at the 2018 European Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=European Athletics Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 6-10 July 2016 Results Shot Put Men - Final |url=http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM051101_C73S.pdf |website=European Athletics |access-date=14 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113083422/http://www.european-athletics.org/externalmodules/AT/pdf/ATM051101_C73S.pdf |archive-date=13 November 2016 |date=10 July 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He finished 20th in the qualifications of the 2019 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shot Put Men - Qualification |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-SP-M-q----.RS4.pdf |website=World Athletics |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=3 October 2019}}</ref>
Pezer competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and qualified for the shot put final with a best throw of 21.33 metres.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mesud Pezer u finalu Olimpijskih igara u Tokiju! |trans-title=Mesud Pezer in the final of the Tokyo Olympics! |url=https://bhrt.ba/mesud-pezer-u-finalu-olimpijskih-igara-u-tokiju/ |website=BHRT |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=Bosnian |date=3 August 2021}}</ref> He went on to finish in 11th place.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 Athletics Men's Shot Put Results |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/athletics/men-s-shot-put |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=14 April 2025}}</ref> He finished eighth at the 2022 World Indoor Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shot Put Men - Final |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138985/AT-SP-M-f----.RS6.pdf |website=World Athletics |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=19 March 2022}}</ref>
Pezer placed seventh in the shot put final at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=European Athletics Indoor Championships Istanbul (Türkiye) 2-5 March 2023 Shot Put Men Final |url=https://istanbul23results.european-athletics.com/resIST2023/pdf/IST2023/ATH/IST2023_ATH_C73S_ATHMSHOTPUT-----------FNL---------.pdf |website=Istanbul 2023 |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=3 March 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He then finished 22nd in the qualifications of the 2023 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shot Put Men - Qualification |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-SP-M-q----.RS4.pdf |website=World Athletics |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=19 August 2023}}</ref>
Pezer finished ninth at the 2024 World Indoor Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shot Put Men - Final |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7180312/AT-SP-M-f----.RS6.pdf |website=World Athletics |access-date=15 April 2025 |date=1 March 2024}}</ref> He then finished ninth at the 2024 European Championships.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mesud Pezer won 9th Place at the European Championship in Rome |url=https://sarajevotimes.com/mesud-pezer-won-9th-place-at-the-european-championship-in-rome/ |website=Sarajevo Times |access-date=14 April 2025 |date=9 June 2024}}</ref> He then represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2024 Summer Olympics but did not advance to the shot put final after finishing 26th in the qualifications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mesud Pezer nije uspio izboriti finale Olimpijskih igara! |trans-title=Mesud Pezer failed to reach the final of the Olympic Games! |url=https://www.vijesti.ba/clanak/652934/mesud-pezer-nije-uspio-izboriti-finale-olimpijskih-igara |website=Vijesti |access-date=14 April 2025 |language=Bosnian |date=2 August 2024}}</ref>
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{BIH}} |- |rowspan=2|2011 |World Youth Championships |Lille, France |6th |Shot put (5 kg) |19.79 m |- |European Youth Olympic Festival |Trabzon, Turkey |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put (5 kg) |19.13 m |- |2012 |World Junior Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |5th |Shot put (6 kg) |19.83 m |- |2013 |European Junior Championships |Rieti, Italy |bgcolor=gold|1st |Shot put (6 kg) |20.44 m |- |2015 |European U23 Championships |Tallinn, Estonia |4th |Shot put |18.98 m |- |rowspan=2|2016 |European Championships |Amsterdam, Netherlands |12th |Shot put |19.49 m |- |Olympic Games |Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |24th (q) |Shot put |19.55 m |- |rowspan=3|2017 |European Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |7th |Shot put |20.37 m |- |World Championships |London, United Kingdom |21st (q) |Shot put |19.88 m |- |DécaNation |Angers, France |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put |20.18 m |- |rowspan=3|2018 |World Indoor Championships |Birmingham, United Kingdom |5th |Shot put |21.15 m |- |Mediterranean Games |Tarragona, Spain |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Shot put |19.82 m |- |European Championships |Berlin, Germany |12th |Shot put |19.91 m |- |rowspan=2|2019 |European Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |6th |Shot put |20.69 m |- |World Championships |Doha, Qatar |20th (q) |Shot put |20.17 m |- |rowspan=2|2021 |European Indoor Championships |Toruń, Poland |8th |Shot put |19.77 m |- |Olympic Games |Tokyo, Japan |11th |Shot put |20.08 m |- |2022 |World Indoor Championships |Belgrade, Serbia |8th |Shot put |20.94 m |- |rowspan=2|2023 |European Indoor Championships |Istanbul, Turkey |7th |Shot put |19.94 m |- |World Championships |Budapest, Hungary |22nd (q) |Shot put |19.86 m |- |rowspan=3|2024 |World Indoor Championships |Glasgow, United Kingdom |9th |Shot put |20.41 m |- |European Championships |Rome, Italy |9th |Shot put |19.92 m |- |Olympic Games |Paris, France |26th (q) |Shot put |19.03 m |- |2025 |World Championships |Tokyo, Japan | – |Shot put |NM |} <sup>Note: This table only includes major athletics championships and does not include Diamond League or World Athletics Continental Tour/IAAF World Challenge meets.</sup>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pezer, Mesud}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Bosnia and Herzegovina men shot putters Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Category:Sportspeople from Zenica Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:European Games competitors for Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen