Miro Žeravica (born 18 April 1972) is a retired
Croatia
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n swimmer.
Žeravica was born in
Split
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, where he started his swimming career. He later moved to
Zagreb
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.
His greatest success was winning the 1999 European short course gold in 50 m backstroke, ahead of his compatriot
Tomislav Karlo
Tomislav Karlo (born 21 December 1970 in Split, Croatia) is an Olympic backstroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 1996 Olympics.
In the early 1990s, he attended and swam for the USA's Brigham Young University. During t ...
.
, Žeravica is head coach of Galatasaray SK swimming in
Istanbul
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.
Sources
Žeravica još uvijek nije svjestan da je europski prvak Proglašeni naj sportaši Siska u 2008. godini
1972 births
Living people
Croatian male freestyle swimmers
Croatian male butterfly swimmers
Male backstroke swimmers
Croatian swimming coaches
Swimmers from Split, Croatia
20th-century Croatian people
Yugoslav male swimmers
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