Velimir Valenta

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Velimir Valenta (left) with Duje Bonačić at the 1952 Olympic Games

Velimir Valenta (born April 21, 1929 in Klis , † November 27, 2004 in Mendrisio ) was a Yugoslav rower .

Valenta 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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SURNAME Valenta, Velimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav rower
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Klis
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2004
Place of death Mendrisio , Switzerland