Darjan Petrič (born August 24, 1964 in Kranj, Slovenia) is a former Yugoslav freestyle swimmer of Slovene ethnicity, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1980. He is the brother of swimmer Borut Petrič, the youngest participant (14 years, 325 days) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1]

Darjan Petrič

Medal record
Men's Swimming
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Guayaquil 1500 m freestyle
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Split 400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Rome 400 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Casablanca 400 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1987 Zagreb 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1987 Zagreb 1500 m freestyle

At the 1987 Summer Universiade in Zagreb, Petrič won two silver medals in the 400 and 1500-metre freestyle.[2][3]

In 2010, he was a candidate in the election for the mayor of City Municipality of Kranj, but failed to pass the first round, receiving 16,92% votes.[4]

References

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  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Darjan Petrič". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  1. ^ "Sports Reference profile". Sports Reference. 2014. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  2. ^ ISHOF list with all medalists in Universiade history Archived October 10, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Results of the 1987 Universiade" (PDF). USA Swimming. July 14, 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  4. ^ "Lokalne volitve 2010 – Mestna občina Kranj". dvk-rs.si (in Slovenian). State election commission. Retrieved 3 August 2015.