Duje Bonačić
Duje Bonačić (10 April 1929 – 24 January 2020) was a Croatian rower who won a gold medal representing Yugoslavia in the coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
Bonačić (right) at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||
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Born | Split, Yugoslavia | April 10, 1929||||||||||
Died | January 24, 2020 90) Split, Croatia | (aged||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||
Club | HVK Gusar, Split | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Bonačić was born in Split to a 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 11 November 2016, he became the oldest Croatian Olympic medal winner.[3] Bonačić died on January 24, 2020 at the age of 90 following a short illness.[4]
References
- Duje Bonačić Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014)
- "Duje Bonačić najstariji hrvatski osvajač olimpijske medalje". Politika. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- "Preminuo Duje Bonačić, najstariji hrvatski olimpijac i osvajač zlatne olimpijske medalje 1952. u Helsinkiju". tportal.hr. Hrvatski Telekom. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.