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.
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).