Dinko Jukić (born 9 January 1989 in

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) is a retired medley and

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swimmer from

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of Croatian origin.

Biography

He competed for Austria at the

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, finishing in tenth place in the men's 200 m butterfly event, 16th in the 200 m individual medley and 15th in the 400 m individual medley. At the

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he managed a 4th-place finish in the men's 200 m butterfly event. Despite setting a new national record of 1:54.35 in the final, he missed the bronze medal by more than a second. He is the younger brother of swimmer Mirna Jukić. After suffering a serious back injury in 2012, Jukić came back after 2 years break, posting a new 100 m freestyle national record (January 2015).

References

* * 1989 births Living people Austrian male freestyle swimmers Austrian male medley swimmers Austrian male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Austria Sportspeople from Dubrovnik Croatian emigrants to Austria European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Austria-swimming-bio-stub Austrian people of Croatian descent 21st-century Austrian sportsmen