Mate Trojanović

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Mate Trojanović (right) with Petar Šegvić at the 1952 Olympic Games

Mate Trojanović (born May 20, 1930 in Metković ; † March 27, 2015 ) was a Yugoslav rower .

Trojanović started for the HVK Gusar club from Split. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 , the Yugoslav four-man without a helmsman won the second heat and the second semi-finals with Duje Bonačić , Velimir Valenta , Mate Trojanović and Petar Šegvić . In the final, the Yugoslavs won 2.9 seconds ahead of the four from France and received the only Olympic gold medal for Yugoslav rowers at all.

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  1. Preminuo zlatni Gusarov olimpijac Mate Trojanović