Dinko Jukić

Dinko Jukić

Dinko Jukić (left) together with his sister Mirna.
Personal information
Full name	Dinko Jukić
Nationality	Austria
Born	(1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Medley and butterfly
Club	SC Austria Wien
Medal record European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 200 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 400 m medley 2008 Eindhoven 4x200 m freestyle World Championships (SC) 2008 Manchester 400 m medley European Championships (SC) 2008 Rijeka 400 m medley 2010 Eindhoven 200 m butterfly 2008 Rijeka 200 m butterfly 2009 Istanbul 200 m butterfly 2010 Eindhoven 200 m medley

Dinko Jukić (born 9 January 1989 in Dubrovnik) is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin.

Biography

He competed for Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, 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 2012 Summer Olympics in London 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

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dinko Jukić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2010-01-30.
• "Olympian Dinko Jukic Retires in Midst of Dispute With Austrian Swimming". Retrieved 2018-12-31.