Athlete Spotlight: Ognjen Stojanovic targets Serbia’s first Olympic spot
05/03/12 at 01:56 am
From being told at the age of five that he may never walk again, Ognjen Stojanovic now hopes to become the first ever Serbian triathlete to compete at an Olympic Games. Part of the ITU Development programme since 2007, Stojanovic is currently at university and training in Spain, but the story of how he got there reads like an inspirational novel. Diagnosed with the rare Legg–Calvé–Perthes syndrome as a young child, Stojanovic’s right leg was more than 3cm shorter, with the femur forming to only half the size of the left. Faced with grim prospects and under poor conditions in then Yugoslavia, his parents made the difficult... Full Story
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