Damir Martin
Personal information
Born14 July 1988 (1988-07-14) (age 35)
Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Medal record
Representing  Croatia
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro M1x
Silver medal – second place 2012 London M4x
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo M1x
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Karapiro M4x
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chungjiu M4x
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Bled M4x
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Racice M1x
Gold medal – first place 2016 Brandenburg M1x
Gold medal – first place 2015 Poznan M1x
Silver medal – second place 2010 Montemor-o-Velho M4x
Silver medal – second place 2012 Varese M1x
World rowing cup
Silver medal – second place 2011 Munich M4x
Gold medal – first place 2011 Hamburg M4x
Gold medal – first place 2012 Belgrade M4x
Gold medal – first place 2012 Lucerne M4x
Gold medal – first place 2012 Munich M4x
Gold medal – first place 2013 Eton M4x
Rowing the final (right boat) of the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Damir Martin (born 14 July 1988) is a Croatian rower. He won silver in the men's single scull at the 2016 Olympics losing to Mahé Drysdale in a photo finish and beating the multiple time world champion Ondřej Synek.[1] He also won silver at the 2012 Olympics in the quadruple scull together with David Šain, Martin Sinković and Valent Sinković. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 he won a bronze medal after an amazing finish.[2]

Martin began rowing at the age of 12. He has been part of the Croatian national team since the age of 17. Rowing is a sporting tradition in his home town of Vukovar. His grandfather was a rower too. His parents even met through their rowing club. He took up rowing after the family moved to Zagreb, in the rowing club "Zagreb", than went to rowing club "Trešnjevka" and is now in the rowing club "Croatia" [3] At just the age of 3 he had to leave his hometown of Vukovar with his mother Dubravka and older brother Stanislav because of the war, while his father Boris stayed and fought.

References

Notes
  1. ^ "There's only one gold after 5,000ths of a second divides 'dead heat' rowers". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Damir Martin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Damir MARTIN - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
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