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Vanja Rogulj

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Vanja Rogulj
Personal information
Nationality Croatia
Born (1982-02-13) February 13, 1982 (age 42)
Split, Croatia
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
College teamVirginia Cavaliers (USA) (2003-2006)
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Croatia
European LC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley relay
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis 4x100 m medley

Vanja Rogulj (born February 13, 1982 in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia)[1] is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.[2]

He won the 100 m breaststroke at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia. In 2000 he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the Short Course European Championships.

He attend college at and swam for the USA's University of Virginia.[3]

At the 2008 European Championships, he bettered the Croatian Records in the 100 m breaststroke to 1:01.82. As of June 2009, he also holds the Croatian Records in the 50 m and 200 m breaststrokes (28.08 and 2:16.85) in 2003 and 2004, respectively.[4]

See also

  1. ^ Rogulj's bio/results page from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07.24.
  2. ^ Rogulj's entry at www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2009-07-24.
  3. ^ Rogulj's bio page from the University of Virginia's Athletics website; retrieved 2009-07-24.
  4. ^ Rankings page from the Croatian Swimming Federation website; retrieved 2009-07-24.