Zdenko Balaš
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| Birth name | Зденко Балаш | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1940 Slavonski Brod | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
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Zdenko Balaš (Serbian: Зденко Балаш, born 9 September 1940 in Slavonski Brod) is a Croatian coxswain.[1] He competed for Yugoslavia in the 1964 European Rowing Championships in Amsterdam in the eight competition where he won a bronze medal.[2] The same team competed two months later in the men's eight at the 1964 Summer Olympics where they came fourth.[3] The whole team was inducted into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame in 2012.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Zdenko Balas". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zdenko Balaš". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ^ "Foto: Slovenija ima Hram športnih junakov" (in Slovenian). RTV Slovenija. 19 December 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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- European Rowing Championships medalists
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