Danko Herceg (born 30 August 1974 in
Zagreb
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slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1990 to 2010.
He was junior world champion in 1990 and he won a silver medal in the C1 team event at the
1995 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in
Nottingham
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. He was ranked 3rd in the overall
World Cup
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standings in
1994 and
1995. Herceg also competed in four
Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of ninth in the
C1 event in
Barcelona
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in
1992.
World Cup individual podiums
References
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1974 births
Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Croatian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Croatia
Medalists at the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
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