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Dević was born in Gornje Biljane, a small village in Ravni Kotari.
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Borislav Devic
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He represented Yugoslavia at the 1996 Summer Olympics. His name on some results lists is sometimes cited as "Borisav". Growing up in Kninska Krajina, he first specialized in the 1500 metres.
On October 10, 1983, he ran a 1500-metre race in Zadar running a time of 3:41.6 (minimum:sec) at the age of 19.
He became one of the most competitive middle-distance track runners in all of Social Research Croatia and ran at the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb. He formed a very close friendship with Goran, and their training together lasted up to the time when Dević ran the men"s marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics, finishing in 49th place of 111 finishers with a time of 2:21:22.
After the end of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization bombing of Yugoslavia, Dević moved to Australia. A Japanese movie director who was fascinated by Dević"s life story and his friendship with Goran planned to make a documentary about Dević"s career.
