 Kodžo in 2007 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1971-05-12)12 May 1971 (age 54) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Sport | Long-distance running |
Event | Marathon |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personalbest(s) | 5000m: 14:59.54[1] Marathon: 2:16:45[1] |
Đuro Kodžo (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђуро Коџо; born 12 May 1971) is aBosnian retiredlong-distance runner who specialized in themarathon. He representedBosnia and Herzegovina at the2000 Summer Olympics and2001 World Championships in Athletics. He holds anational record in the half-marathon discipline.
Kodžo began training inMrkonjić Grad with Atletski Klub "Petar Mrkonjić". By the end of his career, he would be named "Best Athlete of Mrkonjić Grad", a once-per-year recognition, on nine occasions.[2] In themen's marathon at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Kodžo finished in 78th place out of 81 finishers in a time of 2:39:14 (hours:minutes:seconds). In the following year, he finished themen's marathon at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in a personal-best time of 2:35:47. He also won the 2001Podgorica Marathon in 2:30:11.[3]
On 15 June 2003 he ran a personal best time of 1:05:45 inRijeka'sRun Reebok Trophy half marathon.[4] However, the course was not approved for record keeping according to the Association of Road Racing Statisticians.[5] Less than a year later, he ran 1:06:18 at the 2004Belgrade Half Marathon, which was his best half marathon performance on a certified course.[1]
On 5 October 2008 Kodžo ran his fastest marathon at the 2008 Zagreb Marathon, recording a personal-best time of 2:16:45.[1] Kodžo qualified for the2009 World Championships in Athletics for the marathon, but the selector for Bosnia and Herzegovina's Athletic Federation, Nebojša Matijević, refused to call up Kodžo from unclear reasons, resulting in a controversy.[6]
