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Place of Birth: Split, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia
About Duje Bonačić
- Duje Bonacic (born 10 April 1929) is a retired Croatian rower who won a gold medal in the coxless four event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.Bonacic was born in Split to 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.After the death of Željko Cajkovski on November 11, 2016, he became the oldest Croatian Olympic medal winner.
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