 Bonačić at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1929-04-10)10 April 1929 Split, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 2020(2020-01-24) (aged 90) Split, Croatia | ||||||||||||||
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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.
Bonačić was born in Split to an ethnic Croat father and ethnic Slovene 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.
After the death of Željko Čajkovski on 11 November 2016, he became the oldest Croatian Olympic medal winner. Bonačić died on 24 January 2020, at the age of 90 following a short illness.
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 (archive)
- 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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