Duje Bonačić

Duje Bonačić
	Bonačić at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born	10 April 1929; Split, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	24 January 2020 (aged 90); Split, Croatia
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	HVK Gusar, Split
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games

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 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

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Duje Bonačić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
^ ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014)
^ "Duje Bonačić najstariji hrvatski osvajač olimpijske medalje". Politika. 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. 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.

External links

Duje Bonačić at World Rowing
Duje Bonačić at Olympedia
Duje Bonačić at Olympics.com
Duje Bonačić at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
Duje Bonačić at Olympic.org (archived)
Duje Bonačić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Duje Bonačić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.

[2] ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014)

[3] "Duje Bonačić najstariji hrvatski osvajač olimpijske medalje". Politika. 12 November 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.

[4] "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.

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