Dinko Jukić

Dinko Jukić

Dinko Jukić (left) together with his sister Mirna.
Personal information
Full name	Dinko Jukić
Nationality	Austria
Born	(1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 Dubrovnik, Socialist Republic of Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Medley and butterfly
Club	SC Austria Wien
Medal record European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 200 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 400 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 400 m medley European Championships (SC) 2008 Rijeka 400 m medley 2010 Eindhoven 200 m butterfly 2008 Rijeka 200 m butterfly 2009 Istanbul 200 m butterfly 2010 Eindhoven 200 m medley

Dinko Jukić (born 9 January 1989 in Dubrovnik) is a medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin.

Biography

He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event, 16th in the 200 m individual medley and 15th in the 400 m individual medley.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he managed a 4th-place finish in the men's 200 m butterfly event. Despite setting a new national record of 1:54.35 in the final, he missed the bronze medal by more than a second.

He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukić.

After suffering a serious back injury in 2012, Dinko came back after 2 years break, posting a new 100 m freestyle national record (January 2015). He is still in training waiting to reach his former level.

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dinko Jukić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30.
• "Olympian Dinko Jukic Retires in Midst of Dispute With Austrian Swimming". Retrieved 2018-12-31.