Hanžeković Memorial (Croatian: Hanžekovićev memorijal), known also as Zagreb Meeting and Hanžek (hypocorism of the surname Hanžeković), is an annual three-day athletics event held first weekend of September at three different locations in Zagreb, Croatia as part of the IAAF World Challenge Meetings.
Long jump and pole vault competition Zagreb CIty Challenge is held at the Ban Jelačić Square,[1] shot put Ivan Ivančić Memorial in front of the National and University Library[2] and all other competitions at the Sports Park Mladost athletic stadium.
The meeting got its name in memory of renowned Zagreb runner Boris Hanžeković.
[3] During World War II in Yugoslavia, Hanžeković refused to run for the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).
Charged with associating with the Partisans, he was imprisoned in the Jasenovac concentration camp where he was killed in an inmate breakout on 22 April 1945.