Nada Birko (2 January 1931 – 1 September 2020) was a Croatian
cross-country skier who competed for
Yugoslavia
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during the 1950s.
She finished 14th in the 10 km event at the
1952 Winter Olympics in
Oslo
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. She was born in
Mrkopalj
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, and died in
Zagreb
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, aged 90. At the time of her death she was the oldest Croatian Olympian.
References
External links
Yugoslavia's 1952 Winter Olympics results
Olympic cross-country skiers of Yugoslavia
Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
2020 deaths
1931 births
Yugoslav female cross-country skiers
Croatian female cross-country skiers
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