Martin Sinković
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nation | Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
birthday | November 10, 1989 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Zagreb , Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 188 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Sculls and straps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Mladost HA VK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National squad | since 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Last change: August 16, 2020 |
Martin Sinković (born November 10, 1989 in Zagreb ) is a Croatian rower . Together with his brother Valent Sinković , he won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Croatia .
Career
Sinković started rowing in 1999. After a seventh place at the Junior World Championships in 2006 with the eighth , he won the bronze medal in the singles at the Junior World Championships in 2007 . In 2008 he started with his older brother Valent Sinković in double sculls , the two won the silver medal behind the British boat at the U23 World Championships ; at the European Championships they finished fifth.
In 2009 the Sinković brothers reached third place in the double scull at the first World Cup regatta in Banyoles, and fourth was the second Croatian double scull with Damir Martin and David Šain . For the second World Cup regatta in Munich, the two double sculls teamed up to form a double quad and won the regatta. David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin and Valent Sinković also won the U23 World Championships in this line-up, and the Croatians rowed to fourth place at the 2009 World Rowing Championships .
In 2010 the four Croatians won all three World Cup regattas as well as the U23 World Championships. After finishing second behind the Polish boat at the 2010 European Rowing Championships , the Croatians won the title at the 2010 World Rowing Championships in New Zealand. In 2011, the Croatians took 2nd, 1st and 5th place in the World Cup, and at the 2011 World Rowing Championships the boat received the bronze medal behind the boats from Australia and Germany. In 2012, the Croatian double scull won all three World Cup regattas, and at the Olympic Games in London he won the silver medal behind the German boat.
At the 2013 World Rowing Championships , he won gold in a double scull ahead of Germany and the United Kingdom. The following year he and his brother won the double scull title at the 2014 World Rowing Championships , and the two brothers were able to defend their title at the 2015 World Championships . In May 2016, the Croatian double scull won the title at the European Championships . In August, the brothers also won the gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games .
After the brother couple had dominated the competition in double sculls for three years, they switched to the oars area for the 2017 season and rowed in double sculls without a helmsman . In their first appearance at the Rowing World Cup , Martin and Valent Sinković achieved second place behind a new combination from New Zealand. The Croatian duo also finished silver at the World Championships in Florida after the Italian team with Matteo Lodo and Giuseppe Vicino had overtaken them in the final sprint . In 2018 the brothers won the European Championships in Glasgow and a month and a half later at the World Championships in Plovdiv . In 2019 the two Croatians defended their titles at the European Championships in Lucerne and at the World Championships in Linz .
International success
- 2006: 7th place in the Junior World Championships in eighth place
- 2007: Bronze medal Junior World Championships in single
- 2008: Silver medal U23 world championships in double sculls
- 2008: 5th place European championships in double sculls
- 2009: Gold medal U23 world championships in double sculls
- 2009: 4th place in the quadruple championship
- 2010: Gold medal U23 world championships in double sculls
- 2010: Silver medal European Championships in quadruples
- 2010: Gold medal world championships in quadruples
- 2011: Bronze medal world championships in double sculls
- 2012: Olympic Games silver medal in quadruple sculls
- 2012: Gold medal European championships in quadruples
- 2013: 6th place in the European Championships in quadruples
- 2013: Gold medal world championships in quadruples
- 2014: 7th place European championships in one
- 2014: Gold medal world championships in double sculls
- 2015: Gold medal world championships in double sculls
- 2016: Gold medal European championships in double sculls
- 2016: Gold medal Olympic Games in double sculls
- 2017: Silver medal world championships in two without
- 2018: Gold medal European championships in two without
- 2018: Gold medal world championships in two without
- 2019: Gold medal European championships in two without
- 2019: Gold medal world championships in two without
Web links
- Martin Sinković at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Martin Sinković in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Sinković, Martin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian rower |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Zagreb , Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |