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Born | Split, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 10 April 1929||||||||||||||
Died | 24 January 2020 Split, Croatia | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | HVK Gusar, Split | ||||||||||||||
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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]
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Born | Split, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | 10 April 1929||||||||||||||
Died | 24 January 2020 Split, Croatia | (aged 90)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | HVK Gusar, Split | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]