Duje Bonačić

Duje Bonačić

Bonačić at the 1952 Olympics
Personal information
Born	(1929-04-10)10 April 1929 Split, Littoral Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	24 January 2020(2020-01-24) (aged 90) Split, Croatia
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	HVK Gusar, Split
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Coxless four

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

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.

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)