Viktor Šnajder (17 June 1934 – 28 November 2014) was a Croatian sprinter who competed for

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yug ...

in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. Šnajder was born in Đakovo and moved to Zagreb in 1957. He obtained a Ph.D. and was a full professor at the

Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb The University of Zagreb ( hr, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, ; la, Universitas Studiorum Zagrabiensis) is the largest Croatian university and the oldest continuously operating university in the area covering Central Europe south of Vienna and all of ...

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1934 births 2014 deaths Croatian male sprinters Yugoslav male sprinters Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Academic staff of the University of Zagreb Sportspeople from Đakovo Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub