Vanja Rogulj
Personal information
Nationality Croatia
Born (1982-02-13) 13 February 1982 (age 41)
Split, Croatia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbreaststroke
College teamVirginia Cavaliers (USA) (2003-2006)
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  Croatia
European LC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley relay
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis 4x100 m medley

Vanja Rogulj (born 13 February 1982, in Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia)[1] is a 3-time Olympics breaststroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics.[2]

He won the 100 m breaststroke at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis, Tunisia. In 2000 he won the bronze medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the Short Course European Championships.

He attend college at and swam for the USA's University of Virginia.[3]

At the 2008 European Championships, he bettered the Croatian Records in the 100 m breaststroke to 1:01.82. As of June 2009, he also holds the Croatian Records in the 50 m and 200 m breaststrokes (28.08 and 2:16.85) in 2003 and 2004, respectively.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Biography: ROGULJ Vanja". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vanja Rogulj". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Rogulj's bio page". University of Virginia's Athletics website. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
  4. ^ "Rankings page". Croatian Swimming Federation website. Retrieved 24 July 2009.

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Mediterranean Games champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke
ACC Swimmer of the Year winners
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