Franko Grgić

Franko Grgić (born 31 January 2003) is a Croatian competitive swimmer in freestyle.

Franko Grgić
Personal information
National team Croatia
Born (2003-01-31) 31 January 2003
Split, Croatia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubJadran Split

Grgić won the gold medal both in the 800 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[1] With the time of 14:46.09 in World Junior Championship he is the fastest 16-year-old 1500m freestyle swimmer in history.[2] He captured two gold medals in the 400 m freestyle and the 1500 m freestyle event at the 2019 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3] In 2019 he was nominated for the Piotr Nurowski “Best European Young Athlete” Prize awarded by the European Olympic Committees, subsequently he was awarded second place.[4] In the same year he was awarded the best young Croatian athlete by the famous Sportske novosti magazine.[5]

References
  1. "Croatia's Franko Grgic becomes double world swimming champion & sets new world record". croatiaweek.com. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  2. "Franko Grgic 14:46.09 World Junior Record Makes Croatian Ace Fastest 16-Year-Old Over 1500m In History". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. "European Youth Olympics: Croatian swimmer wins double gold & sets new record". croatiaweek.com. 24 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. "SUMMER PIOTR NUROWSKI PRIZE: MEET CROATIAN SWIMMER FRANKO GRGIC". www.eurolympic.org. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. "'NEVJEROJATNO, OPET SAM POBIJEDIO LUKU' EVO TKO JE IZABRAN ZA OSOBU GODINE, A JEDAN JE HEROJ DOBIO VIŠE GLASOVA OD MODRIĆA! SANDRA - NEDODIRLJIVA" (in Croatian). sportske.jutarnji.hr. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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