Dinko Jukić Explained

Dinko Jukić
Fullname:Dinko Jukić
Club:SC Austria Wien
Birth Date:9 January 1989
Birth Place:Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Weight:84kg (185lb)

Dinko Jukić (born 9 January 1989 in Dubrovnik) is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin.

Biography

He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event, 16th in the 200 m individual medley and 15th in the 400 m individual medley.[1]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he managed a 4th-place finish in the men's 200 m butterfly event. Despite setting a new national record of 1:54.35 in the final, he missed the bronze medal by more than a second.

He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukić.

After suffering a serious back injury in 2012, Jukić came back after 2 years break, posting a new 100 m freestyle national record (January 2015).

References

  1. Web site: Dinko Jukic Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050445/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/dinko-jukic-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. en. 2017-10-30.