Martin Sinković (born 10 November 1989) is a Croatian

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. He is the younger brother of rower

Valent Sinković Valent Sinković (born 2 August 1988) is a Croatian rower. He is the older brother of rower Martin Sinković with whom he won the gold medal in Men's double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He had previously won the silver in the men' ...

, with whom he won the gold medal in Men's double sculls at the

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in Rio. He had previously won the silver in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics with his brother,

David Šain David Šain (born 8 February 1988 in Osijek) is a Croatian rower. He is an Olympic silver medalist in the men's quadruple sculls, having won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Martin Sinković, Damir Martin and Valent Sinković. This was ...

and

Damir Martin Damir Martin (born 14 July 1988) is a Croatian rower. He won silver in the men's single scull at the 2016 Olympics losing to Mahé Drysdale in a photo finish and beating the multiple time world champion Ondřej Synek. He also won silver at th ...

. The Sinković brothers were the first men's double sculls team to go under 6 minutes for their race time. Martin and Valent have been racing together internationally since 2008. In 2008 they won silver in the double sculls at the under-23s World Championships. In 2009 they, along with David Šain and Damir Martin, won gold in the quadruple sculls at the under-23 World Championships. He is the world record holder for the 6000 m on the indoor rower 18:05.7 (1:30.4).

Personal life

Martin was married to his wife Manuela in 2013. He is an avid cook.

Rowing career

European championships

Martin first took part in the European championships in their fourth iteration, held in 2010, with his brothers Valent, as well as with David Šain and Damir Martin in the quadruple sculls category. After the 3/4 of the race was rowed, at 1500 meters, they held the fourth position. Over the course of the next 500 meters, they overtook the German and Ukrainian teams, finishing a second behind the Polish team. They further took part in the

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category during the

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. They dominated the final race, holding the leading position from the start, with a 2 second lead after 500 meters, and finishing with a 3.68 second lead. Their winning time was 6:56.52. In the

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, Valent competed with his brother Martin in the

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category. They were second best for the first three quarters of the race, before taking over in the last 500 meters and finishing first, with a time of 6:26.42. The two brothers continued competing in the coxless pair in the

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, in the quadruple sculls. The team had no issue qualifying to the final race, coming into it as favorites. However, the German representatives would hold almost a boat lengths lead in the final race, with the Croatian team just barely winning the silver medal, as the Australians finished close behind. He would change disciplines during the

, competing in the double sculls, together with his brother. In the final race of the event, the brothers held a narrow lead over the Lithuanian representatives, who overtook them by the 1500 meter mark. They would in turn overtake the Lithuanian team in the final 500 meters of the race, finishing the race first with a time of 6:50.28, 1.11 seconds ahead of the second placed team. Following this victory, the

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would award them the "Team of the Year" award. Sinković competed in the

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as well, entering the coxless pair event with his brother Valent. The two of them entered the final race as overwhelming favorites to win the gold medal, with a betting coefficient of 1,03. They won with a time of 6:15.29.

World championships

His first appearance in the world championships came at the

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, when he competed in the quadruple sculls. The Croatian team won the gold medal, finishing with a time of 6:15.78, 1.26 seconds ahead of the second placed team. In the

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, he won the sole bronze medal of his career, failing to defend his gold medal from the previous year. The same team competed in the

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, in the same category, finishing with a time of 5:53.57 and winning the gold medal. During the

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, he switched to the double sculls, competing together with his brother. The broke the world record in the qualifying race, managing to cover the distance of 2 kilometers in under six minutes (5:59.72). As of 2021 that world best time still stands. In the final race, they finished first. They competed in the same category in the

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, once again winning the gold medal. In the

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, he competed in the coxless pair for the first time in his career, once again with his brother. The pair finished in the second place, winning the silver medal. The two of them competed in the same category in the

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. They won the gold medal, finishing with a time of 6:14.96, 1.94 seconds ahead of the second placed team. They defended their gold medal at the

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, finishing with a time of 6:42.28. Martin and Valent Sinković took part in the 2022 World Rowing Championships as well, competing in the double sculls event. They came 4th in the Final, with a time of 6:14.99, over five seconds behind the Gold medal winning team.

Competitions

– Men's double sculls *

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– Men's quadruple sculls *

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