Siniša Mikuličić (born 16 October 1983 in
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
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) is a Croatian sailor, who specialized in the
Star
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class. He achieved his best results in the Star class, by finishing twelfth at the 2008 Star World Championships in
Miami, Florida
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, along with his partner
Marin Lovrović, Jr.
Mikulicic represented
Croatia
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at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, where he competed as a crew sailor for the
Star class. He and his partner Lovrovic finished fifteenth at the end of ten preliminary races, with a net score of 98 points.
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1983 births
Living people
Croatian male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for Croatia
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star
Sportspeople from Rijeka
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
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