Igor Boraska Explained

Igor Boraska
Honorific Suffix:OLY
Birth Date:26 September 1970
Birth Place:Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Alma Mater:Brown University

Igor Boraska [1] (born 26 September 1970 in Split) is a Croatian rower who won a bronze medal in the eights competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Early life

Boraska was born on 26 September 1970 in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia.

Boraska attended Brown University, where he crewed for the school's team. Boraska graduated in 1994 with a degree in mechanical engineering and economics.[2] [3]

Rowing career

His teammates at Sydney were Branimir Vujević, Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin, Krešimir Čuljak, Tomislav Smoljanović, Tihomir Franković, Igor Francetić and Silvijo Petriško (coxswain). Boraska also participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics, both time in coxless four discipline. He was a World champion and a medalist at the World Rowing Championships.

He was a world record (world's best time) holder, for 20 years, in a coxed pair event set at 1994 World rowing championship.

Boraska retired from competitive rowing in 2010.[4]

Bobsleigh career

Boraska was a member of a Croatian team at the 2002 Winter Olympics, as a part of a four-men bobsleigh team. He is the first Croat who participated in both the Summer and the Winter Olympic Games.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WOA Leadership . . August 16, 2021.
  2. News: Wallace . William N. . 1994-06-11 . ROWING; Oarsman From Croatia Helps Brown Dominate (Published 1994) . 2021-02-15 . . en-US . 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: Cropp. Ian. 2004-09-16. Brown alums share Olympic spirit. 2021-02-15. Brown Daily Herald. en-US.
  4. Web site: Igor Boraska odlučio: Opraštam se od veslanja!. 2 October 2010. Jutarnji list. hr. 22 July 2013.
  5. Web site: Hrvatski bob četverosjed 26., Njemačkoj zlato . https://web.archive.org/web/20030116070121/http://www.vjesnik.hr/html/2002/02/25/Clanak.asp?r=spo&c=6 . dead . 16 January 2003 . 25 February 2002 . . hr . 22 March 2009 .