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Matija Šestak

Slovenian sprinter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ12796134 ↗
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Matija Šestak (born 30 December 1972 in Ljubljana) is a retired Slovenian sprinter who specialised in the 400 metres. He represented his country at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals at the second occasion. He also reached the semifinals at the 1999 World Championships.

He is married to a Serbian triple jumper, Marija Šestak, who switched her nationality to Slovenian after marriage.

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The public source identifies “Matija Šestak” as slovenian sprinter. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Matija, Šestak and Slovenian.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972, 2000, 2004, 1999—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1972-12-30. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Matija, Šestak and Slovenian providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Matija Šestak” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.