Darjan Petrič (born August 24, 1964 in

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) is a former Yugoslav freestyle

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of Slovene ethnicity, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive

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, starting in 1980. He is the brother of swimmer

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, the youngest participant (14 years, 325 days) at the

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, Canada. At the

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, Petrič won two silver medals in the 400 and 1500-metre freestyle. In 2010, he was a candidate in the election for the mayor of

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, but failed to pass the first round, receiving 16,92% votes.

References

* 1964 births Living people Yugoslav male freestyle swimmers Slovenian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Yugoslavia Slovenian twins Sportspeople from Kranj World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Swimmers at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Summer World University Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{Yugoslavia-swimming-bio-stub