Boris Škanata (18 May 1927 – 20 October 1962) was a Yugoslav swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the

1950 European Aquatics Championships The 1950 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 20–27 August 1950 in Vienna, Austria. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ;Men's events ;Women's events Water polo See also *List of Europe ...

. He finished seventh in the same event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

Death

Škanata died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Zagreb highway. Also killed with him were

FK Partizan Fudbalski klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Партизан, ; ), often referred to in English as Partizan Belgrade, is a Serbian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Belgrade. It forms ...

footballers

Čedomir Lazarević Čedomir Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Чедомир Лазаревић; 5 October 1926 – 20 October 1962) was a Serbian footballer who played for FK Partizan. Death He died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Z ...

and Bruno Belin and Radnički footballer Vladimir Josipović.

Personal life

He had a son named Aleksandar (born 1951).

References

1927 births 1962 deaths People from Tivat Male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Yugoslavia Montenegrin male swimmers Montenegrin male water polo players Yugoslav male swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Road incident deaths in Yugoslavia Road incident deaths in Serbia {{Yugoslavia-swimming-bio-stub