Mate Trojanović
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.
Web links
- Mate Trojanović in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Trojanović, Mate |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav rower |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1930 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Metković |
DATE OF DEATH | March 27, 2015 |