Duje Draganja

Duje Draganja

Personal information

Surname:

Duje Draganja

Nation:

Croatia

Swimming style (s) :

Freestyle, butterfly

Birthday:

February 27, 1983

Place of birth:

Split

Size:

1.97 m

Medal table

Medals

Olympic games
silver	2004 Athens	50 m freestyle
World championships
silver	2005 Montreal	50 m freestyle
Short course world championships
gold	2006 Shanghai	50 m freestyle
gold	2008 Manchester	50 m freestyle
bronze	2004 Indianapolis	50 m butterfly
bronze	2006 Shanghai	100 m freestyle
European championships
silver	2006 Budapest	50 m butterfly
silver	2008 Eindhoven	50 m freestyle
silver	2008 Eindhoven	4 × 100 m layers
bronze	2002 Berlin	50 m freestyle
bronze	2006 Budapest	100 m freestyle
European short course championships
gold	2009 Istanbul	100 m layers
silver	2007 Debrecen	100 m back
silver	2009 Istanbul	50 m freestyle
silver	2009 Istanbul	4 × 50 m freestyle
bronze	2000 Valencia	100 m layers
bronze	2001 Antwerp	100 m back
bronze	2008 Rijeka	50 m freestyle
bronze	2008 Rijeka	4 × 50 m freestyle

Duje Draganja (born February 27, 1983 in Split ) is a Croatian swimmer .

Career

He is particularly strong on the shorter freestyle courses . At the Olympic Games in Athens he won the silver medal in the 50 m freestyle. At the short course world championships in Manchester in 2008 Draganja swam a sensational new world record in 20.81 seconds on April 11th.

He studied at the University of California, Berkeley for four years and swam for the NCAA .

Duje Draganja in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Duje Draganja in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)