Borut Petrič (born 28 December 1961 in Kranj,

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) is a former Yugoslav freestyle swimmer, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. A brother of swimmer Darjan Petrič, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the

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. Petrič was the youngest participant (14 years, 325 days) at the

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, Canada. He also won a gold medal on 400 m freestyle in 1981. In the same year, Petrič received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of

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. He is the coach at swimming club Fužinar Ravne.

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* 1964 births Living people Yugoslav male freestyle swimmers Slovenian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Yugoslavia Twin sportspeople Sportspeople from Kranj World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Slovenian twins European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Swimmers at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming {{Yugoslavia-swimming-bio-stub