Nikša Skelin (born 25 March 1978, in
Split
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) is a
Croatia
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rower
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who has won two Olympic medals. At the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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he won a silver medal in coxless pairs with his older brother
Siniša
Siniša ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name of medieval Serbian origin. It may refer to:
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References
Official Olympic reports
External links
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Official site of the Skelin brothers
1978 births
Living people
Croatian male rowers
Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in rowing
Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in rowing
Olympic rowers for Croatia
Rowers from Split, Croatia
Olympic medalists in rowing
World Rowing Championships medalists for Croatia
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
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