Vanja Rogulj (born 13 February 1982, in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia)[1] is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.[2]
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| Nationality |  Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1982 Split, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Virginia Cavaliers (USA) (2003-2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the 100 m breaststroke at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia. In 2000 he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the Short Course European Championships.
He attended college at and swam for the USA's University of Virginia.[3]
At the 2008 European Championships, he bettered the Croatian Records in the 100 m breaststroke to 1:01.82. As of June 2009, he also holds the Croatian Records in the 50 m and 200 m breaststrokes (28.08 and 2:16.85) in 2003 and 2004, respectively.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Athlete Biography: ROGULJ Vanja". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vanja Rogulj". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "Rogulj's bio page". University of Virginia's Athletics website. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "Rankings page". Croatian Swimming Federation website. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
External links
edit- Vanja Rogulj at World Aquatics
- Vanja Rogulj at Swimrankings.net
- Vanja Rogulj at Olympedia (archive)
- Vanja Rogulj at Olympics.com
- Vanja Rogulj at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
- Athens 2004 swimmers at the Croatian Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 April 2006) (in Croatian)
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