Duje Bonačić
Croatian rower (1929–2020)
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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 at the 1952 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 April 1929 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 January 2020 (aged 90) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | HVK Gusar, Split | ||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
After the death of Željko Čajkovski on 11 November 2016, he became the oldest Croatian Olympic medal winner.[3] Bonačić died on 24 January 2020, at the age of 90 following a short illness.[4]
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