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| Nationality |  Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1982-02-13) 13 February 1982 (age 42) 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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vanja Rogulj (born 13 February 1982, in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia) is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.
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.
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.
See also
References
- "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
- 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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