Petar Cupać (born 1 February 1980) is a Croatian sailor. He competed at the

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

and

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the 49er class. Together with his teammates Pavle Kostov and Ivan Bulaja, he is a recipient of the

International Fair Play Committee The International Fair Play Committee (), abbreviated as the CIFP or the IFPC, is a not for profit international non-governmental organisation which serves to foster sportsmanship in international competition. It presents awards annually at the ...

's Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy. In the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

they lent their boat to

Danes Danes (, ), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural. History Early history Denmark ...

Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp whose

mast Mast, MAST or MASt may refer to: Engineering * Mast (sailing), a vertical spar on a sailing ship * Flagmast, a pole for flying a flag * Guyed mast, a structure supported by guy-wires * Mooring mast, a structure for docking an airship * Radio mas ...

had broken shortly before the start of their race. Warrer and Kirketerp went on to win a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...

References

1980 births Croatian male sailors (sport) Living people Olympic sailors for Croatia Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-yachtracing-bio-stub