Siniša Ergotić (born 14 September 1968) is a

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er. He won the gold medal the

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in Tunis and the silver medal at the

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in Munich. He has competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, without reaching the finals. His personal best jump is 8.23 metres, achieved in June 2002 in

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. , Ergotić is the director of the Croatia national athletics team and is also the president of the

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* 1968 births Living people Yugoslav male long jumpers Croatian male long jumpers Croatian sports executives and administrators Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Croatia Sportspeople from Osijek European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics {{Croatia-athletics-bio-stub