Joža Lovec (also Jože Lovec, born 12 February 1939) is a retired Yugoslav rower. Together with

Perica Vlašić Perica Vlašić (2 June 1932 – 12 August 2004) was a Croatian rower who competed for Yugoslavia at the 1956 Summer Olympics and at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also competed in seven European Rowing Championships and won eight consecutive Yugo ...

he competed in the double sculls at the

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, but failed to reach the final. Lovec took up rowing in his teens, and competed while serving in the

Yugoslav Navy The Yugoslav Navy ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска ратна морнарица, Jugoslavenska ratna mornarica, Yugoslav War Navy), was the navy of Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1992. It was essentially a coastal defense force with the miss ...

in 1959–1961. After retiring from competitions in 1962 he left Yugoslavia with his wife Anica. They briefly stayed in Austria, then went to Australia, and five years later to the United States. Lovec became a successful businessman in

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, and then moved to

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. In his spare time he sailed the Atlantic.

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1939 births Living people Slovenian male rowers Yugoslav male rowers Olympic rowers of Yugoslavia Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Maribor {{Yugoslavia-rowing-bio-stub