Igor Boraska
Croatian rower (born 1970)
Igor Boraska
Born (1970-09-26 ) 26 September 1970 (age 54) Alma mater Brown University
Igor Boraska OLY [ 1] 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]
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