Boris Škanata (18 May 1927 – 20 October 1962) was a Yugoslav swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the

1950 European Aquatics Championships The 1950 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 20–27 August 1950 in Vienna, Austria. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ;Men's events ;Women's events Water polo See also *List of Europea ...

. He finished seventh in the same event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

Death

Škanata died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Zagreb highway. Also killed with him were

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footballers

Čedomir Lazarević Čedomir Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Чедомир Лазаревић; 5 October 1926 – 20 October 1962) was a Serbian footballer who played for FK Partizan. Death He died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Z ...

and

Bruno Belin Bruno Belin (16 January 1929 – 20 October 1962) was a Croatia-born Yugoslav footballer who was part of Yugoslav national team at the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Club career He started his career at Zagreb based NK Metalac and after completing his mi ...

and Radnički footballer Vladimir Josipović.

Personal life

He had a son named Aleksandar (born 1951).

References

1927 births 1962 deaths People from Tivat Male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Yugoslavia Montenegrin male swimmers Montenegrin male water polo players Yugoslav male swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Road incident deaths in Yugoslavia Road incident deaths in Serbia {{Yugoslavia-swimming-bio-stub