page_title: Qazim Dervishi
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Qazim Dervishi / Sporting activities / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: from left to right: Ragip Lohja, Ahmet Ashikja, Qazim Dervishi, Ibrahim Dizdari and Fehti Dizdari
context_page_description: Qazim Dervishi was the first Albanian international referee and a talented athlete and footballer. He was born in 1908 in the city of Shkodër in a noble family of the time. In his honour the sports arena of Shkodër is now called Qazim Dervishi Sports Palace.
context_section_description: His athletics career started when he entered the Technical School in Tirana. From 1924 to 1928 he took some first and second prizes  in the annual Olympic Games that were held in Tirana. He had his best results in high jump, pole vault and triple jump where he became national champion. In 1929 he was invited to join his hometown club, Bashkimi Shkodran for the first athletics championship in Albania. The team from Shkodër (the photo on the right) became national champions, having even Qazim's help. In the National Athletics Championship taken place in Tirana at 1930 he secured the first place in triple jump with a result of 12.22 meters. He improved his result to 12.41 meters in the triple jump, which secured him another first place in the National Athletics Championship of 1933.
caption: From left to right: Ragip Lohja, Ahmet Ashikja, Qazim Dervishi, Ibrahim Dizdari and Fehti Dizdari
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