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Duje Bonačić
Bonačić (right) at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born10 April 1929 (1929-04-10) (age 95)
Split, Croatia
Sport
SportRowing
ClubHVK Gusar, Split
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Coxless four

Duje Bonačić (born 10 April 1929) is a retired Croatian rower who won a gold medal in the coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Bonačić was born in Split to Croatian father and Slovenian mother; he had an elder brother Vojko and a sister Nevenka. He graduated in natural sciences in Zagreb, and took up rowing to build muscles, as he weighed only 56 kg with a height of 183 cm at the time. After retiring from competitions he worked as a professor of geography, meteorology and oceanography at maritime schools and also served as a coach and referee in rowing and sailing.[2]

After the death of Željko Čajkovski on November 11, 2016, he became the oldest Croatian Olympic medal winner.[3]

References

  1. ^ Duje Bonačić Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014)
  3. ^ "Duje Bonačić najstariji hrvatski osvajač olimpijske medalje".


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