Borut Petrič (born 28 December 1961 in

Kranj Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniol ...

, Slovenia) is a former Yugoslav

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, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive

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, starting in 1976. A brother of swimmer

Darjan Petrič Darjan Petrič (born August 24, 1964 in Kranj, Slovenia) is a former SFR Yugoslavia, Yugoslav freestyle swimming, freestyle swimmer of Slovenia, Slovene ethnicity, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, start ...

, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the

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

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in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He also won a gold medal on 400 m freestyle in 1981. In the same year, Petrič received the

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award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. He is the coach at swimming club Fužinar Ravne.

References

* 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