Franko Grgić Explained

Franko Grgić
Strokes:	Freestyle
Club:	Jadran Split
Birth Date:	31 January 2003
Birth Place:	Split, Croatia

Franko Grgić (born 31 January 2003) is a Croatian competitive swimmer in freestyle.

Grgić won the gold medal both in the 800 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.^[1] With the time of 14:46.09 in World Junior Championship he is the fastest 16-year-old 1500m freestyle swimmer in history.^[2] He captured two gold medals in the 400 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, Azerbaijan.^[3] In 2019 he was nominated for the Piotr Nurowski “Best European Young Athlete” Prize awarded by the European Olympic Committees, subsequently he was awarded second place.^[4] In the same year he was awarded the best young Croatian athlete by the famous Sportske novosti magazine.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Croatia's Franko Grgic becomes double world swimming champion & sets new world record . 25 August 2019 . croatiaweek.com . English . 5 July 2020.
2. Web site: Franko Grgic 14:46.09 World Junior Record Makes Croatian Ace Fastest 16-Year-Old Over 1500m In History . 25 July 2019 . swimmingworldmagazine.com . English . 5 July 2020.
3. Web site: European Youth Olympics: Croatian swimmer wins double gold & sets new record . 24 July 2019 . croatiaweek.com . English . 5 July 2020.
4. Web site: SUMMER PIOTR NUROWSKI PRIZE: MEET CROATIAN SWIMMER FRANKO GRGIC . 24 October 2019 . www.eurolympic.org . English . 5 July 2020.
5. Web site: 'NEVJEROJATNO, OPET SAM POBIJEDIO LUKU' EVO TKO JE IZABRAN ZA OSOBU GODINE, A JEDAN JE HEROJ DOBIO VIŠE GLASOVA OD MODRIĆA! SANDRA - NEDODIRLJIVA . 29 December 2019 . sportske.jutarnji.hr . Croatian . 5 July 2020.