Sandro Šanta Tomaš (born October 9, 1972 in

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) is a former philosopher

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from

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, who competed for his native country at the

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. There he ended up in 42nd place in the men's 400 m individual medley event. Sandro was a former 400 individual medley (short course) Croatian national record holder (4:17:51). He has seen much success in the masters swim meets, most notably a World champion in

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in 2008 and European record holder in 100 m butterfly. Since 2002, he has been serving as a swim coach at HAPK Mladostbr>
swim club for which he competed his whole career.

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1972 births Living people Croatian male swimmers Male medley swimmers Olympic swimmers for Croatia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Zagreb 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-swimming-bio-stub