Nada Birko (2 January 1931 – 1 September 2020) was a Croatian
cross-country skier who competed for
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
during the 1950s.
She finished 14th in the 10 km event at the
1952 Winter Olympics
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (; ) and commonly known as Oslo 1952, were a winter multi-sport event held from 14 to 25 February 1952 in Oslo, the capital of Norway.
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in
Oslo
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. She was born in
Mrkopalj
Mrkopalj () is a village and a Municipalities of Croatia, municipality in the mountainous part of Croatia in the region of Gorski Kotar, located south-east of Delnice and some 50 km east of Rijeka and 831 meters above sea level.
History
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, and died in
Zagreb
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, aged 90. At the time of her death she was the oldest Croatian Olympian.
References
External links
Yugoslavia's 1952 Winter Olympics results
Olympic cross-country skiers for Yugoslavia
Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
2020 deaths
1931 births
Yugoslav female cross-country skiers
Croatian female cross-country skiers
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