Dinko Jukić (born 9 January 1989 in

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) is a retired medley and

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swimmer from

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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

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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 Mirna Jukić (born 9 April 1986) is a retired Austrian swimmer who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player. She has ha ...

. 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

* * 1989 births Living people Austrian male freestyle swimmers Austrian male medley swimmers Austrian male butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Austria People from Dubrovnik Croatian emigrants to Austria European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Austria-swimming-bio-stub Austrian people of Croatian descent 21st-century Austrian people