On the exact day when Tuka won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Beijing three years ago (1: 46.30), he achieved the best result for BH athletics on Saturday evening with the time 1: 45.71.
Amel Tuka was born on January 9th, 1991 and is a Bosnian middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters. Tuka holds two national records of BiH for the 400-meter and 800 meters disciplines.
On July 17, 2015, with his time of 1:42.51, Tuka positioned himself as the world leader in the men’s 800 metres in Monaco for the year 2015.
He subsequently earned his country’s first medal in a major athletics championship with his third-place finish in the men’s 800 meters at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics.