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Veliša Mugoša

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Veliša Mugoša
Personal information
NationalityYugoslav
Born(1931-04-14)14 April 1931
Lješkopolje, Donja Gorica, Podgorica, Yugoslavia[1]
Died14 April 1978(1978-04-14) (aged 47)[1]
Sport
SportLong-distance running
Event5000 metres
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking8th in men's 5000m (1956)[2]
Personal best(s)800m: 1:50.4[2]

1500m: 3:43.0[2]
3000m: 8:05.4[3]

5000m: 13:58.8[3]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Yugoslavia
World University Games
Silver medal – second place 1957 Paris 5000 m

Veliša Mugoša (14 April 1931 – 14 April 1979) was a Yugoslav long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[4] He finished in second place in the men's 5000 meters at the 1957 World University Games.

Running career

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Mugoša ran as a youth in the place of his birth, Lješkopolje, a rural part of the Donja Gorica suburb in present-day Podgorica.[1] In 1949, Mugoša was the winner of a state junior 1500 meter race for high schoolers in Varaždin.[1] After graduating from high school, he trained in several track clubs over a shorter period of time, including Budućnost, Olimpija Ljubljana, Mladost Zagreb, and AK Partizan.[1] After that, he moved to AK Crvena Zvezda, where he trained until the end of his career.[1] In Belgrade, he was a geography and philosophy student at the University of Belgrade while he recorded Yugoslavia's leading results in the 1500, 3000, and 5000 meters.[5] On 1 July 1956, he ran a personal best time of 13:58.8 in a 5000-meter race in Belgrade,[2] becoming the first person from Yugoslavia to ever run the distance under 14 minutes.[1] At the 1956 Summer Olympics, he progressed to the men's 5000 meter final but dropped out of the race after going out at world record pace.[1]

In the late 1950s, he traveled to the United States where he ran several indoor races. On 1 February 1958, in front of an audience of 12,445 at Boston Garden, Mugoša finished the indoor 2-mile at the Boston AA Games in second place behind Deacon Jones, who won in 9:01.1.[6] On 22 February 1958, he won the men's indoor 3-mile at the AAU Indoor Championships in a time of 13:54.2.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "MEMORIJALNA TRKA SENIORA NA 5000 METARA SJEĆANJE NA VELIKE TRKE VELIŠE MUGOŠE" (in Serbian).
  2. ^ a b c d "Track and Field Statistics: Velisa Mugosa".
  3. ^ a b "Runner: Velisa Mugosa". Association of Road Racing Statisticians.
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veliša Mugoša Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ^ Tex Maule (27 January 1958). "THEY'RE OFF". Sports Illustrated.
  6. ^ Ed Corrigan (1 February 1958). "DELANY SCORES IN BOSTON MILE". Bridgeport Sunday Post.
  7. ^ [1] Association of Road Racing Statisticians - Race profile: AAU Indoor Championships. February 22, 1958.