Tonči Stipanović (born 13 June 1986) is a Croatian sailor. He competed at the

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in the men's laser class, finishing in 4th place. Stipanović won Croatia's first ever sailing Olympic medal when he came second overall to win silver in the men's laser class, at the

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. He came second overall to win silver in the men's laser class at the

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as well.

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for sailing ''sailingscuttlebutt.com'' included him on the list of the Top 10 sailors in laser class of all time.

Orders

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2016 NN 3/2017 (11.1.2017.), Odluka o dodjeli odlikovanja Reda Danice hrvatske s likom Franje Bučara, za izniman sportski uspjeh i osvajanje medalja na Olimpijskim i Paraolimpijskim igrama u Rio de Janeiru 2016.
''narodne-novine.nn.hr''.

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. Published 11 January 2017.

References

1986 births Living people Croatian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Croatia Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Sportspeople from Split, Croatia Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Croatia Olympic medalists in sailing Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in sailing Optimist class sailors 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-yachtracing-bio-stub