Damir Martin
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Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 14 July 1988 (1988-07-14) (age 36) Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Single sculls | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | VK Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Damir Martin (born 14 July 1988) is a Croatian rower. He is a three-time Olympic medallist and won silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games, and a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics. Martin is also a two-time world champion (2010, 2013), a two-time European champion (2015, 2016), and an eight-time World Rowing Cup champion. He is currently a member of rowing club VK Croatia, and has previously been a member of clubs Zagreb and Trešnjevka.
Early life
Martin was born in the city of Vukovar. He comes from a family of rowers, with his parents and grandfather being rowers, in addition to rowing being a traditional sport in Vukovar.[1][2] At the age of three, Martin was forced to leave his hometown with his mother Dubravka and older brother Stanislav due to the Siege of Vukovar, while his father Boris stayed and fought.[1] The family were reunited in Zagreb before moving to Austria for six months and eventually settling in Germany for four years.[1] In 1995, the family returned to Zagreb.[2] Martin was a swimmer for four years, before he began rowing at the age of 12.[2] He joined the Croatian national rowing team at the age of 17.[2]
Rowing career
Martin won his first senior international medal at the 2010 European Championships in the men's quadruple sculls event where he placed second with David Šain and brothers Martin and Valent Sinković. The quartet won their first World Championship title at the 2010 World Championships in Montemor-o-Velho. They placed third at the 2011 World Championships in Bled. The quartet won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's quadruple sculls event. Martin competed in the single sculls event at the 2012 European Championships in Varese where he finished second. Together with Šain and the Sinković brothers, Martin won a second World Championship title at the 2013 World Championships in Chungju.
After switching to single sculls, Martin won his first European Championship title at the 2015 Championships in Poznań and retained his title the following year at the 2016 European Championships in Brandenburg. Martin won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's single sculls event, losing to Mahé Drysdale in a photo finish and beating multiple-time world champion Ondřej Synek.[3] In 2017, he placed second at the European Championships in Račice. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Martin won the bronze medal in the men's single sculls event.[4][5] He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and placed eleventh in the men's single sculls event.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b c Beluhan, Renata (15 August 2016). "Sportske novosti - ŽIVOTNA PRIČA HRVATSKOG JUNAKA Koliko god puta ga život pošalje na start, on uvijek pronađe put" [The life story of a Croatian Hero: No matter how many times life sends him to the start, he always finds a way]. Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "World Rowing - Damir MARTIN Interview". World Rowing. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ^ Sawer, Patrick (13 August 2016). "There's only one gold after 5,000ths of a second divides 'dead heat' rowers". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "World Rowing - Blistering speed and surprise results for final day of finals at Tokyo Olympic rowing regatta". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Damir Martin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
- ^ "World Rowing - Reactions from Day 1 of the 2024 Olympic Regatta". World Rowing. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Men's Single Sculls – Final B results" (PDF). Olympics. 3 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
External links
- Damir Martin at World Rowing
- Damir Martin at Olympedia
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- 1975: (Stefan Weiße, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig, Wolfgang Hönig, Christof Kreuziger)
- 1977: (Frank Dundr, Martin Winter, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Wolfgang Güldenpfennig)
- 1978: (Joachim Dreifke, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Martin Winter, Frank Dundr)
- 1979: (Peter Kersten, Klaus Kröppelien, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Joachim Dreifke)
- 1981: (Peter Kersten, Karl-Heinz Bußert, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter)
- 1982: (Karl-Heinz Bußert, Uwe Mund, Uwe Heppner, Martin Winter)
- 1983: (Albert Hedderich, Raimund Hörmann, Dieter Wiedenmann, Michael Dürsch)
- 1985: (Doug Hamilton, Robert Mills, Paul Douma, Mel LaForme)
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- 1989: (Hans Keldermann, Koos Maasdijk, Herman van den Eerenbeemt, Rutger Arisz)
- 1990: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mykola Chupryna, Ģirts Vilks)
- 1991: (Valeriy Dosenko, Sergey Kinyakin, Mykola Chupryna, Ģirts Vilks)
- 1993: (Andreas Hajek, André Steiner, Stephan Volkert, André Willms)
- 1994: (Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Massimo Paradiso, Alessio Sartori)
- 1995: (Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Massimo Paradiso, Alessio Sartori)
- 1997: (Agostino Abbagnale, Giovanni Calabrese, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa)
- 1998: (Agostino Abbagnale, Alessandro Corona, Rossano Galtarossa, Alessio Sartori)
- 1999: (Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek, Stephan Volkert, André Willms)
- 2001: (Christian Schreiber, André Willms, Marco Geisler, Andreas Hajek)
- 2002: (René Bertram, Stephan Volkert, Marco Geisler, Robert Sens)
- 2003: (André Willms, Stephan Volkert, Marco Geisler, Robert Sens)
- 2005: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2006: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2007: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2009: (Konrad Wasielewski, Marek Kolbowicz, Michał Jeliński, Adam Korol)
- 2010: (David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković)
- 2011: (Chris Morgan, James McRae, Karsten Forsterling, Daniel Noonan)
- 2013: (David Šain, Martin Sinković, Damir Martin, Valent Sinković)
- 2014: (Dmytro Mikhay, Artem Morozov, Oleksandr Nadtoka, Ivan Dovhodko)
- 2015: (Philipp Wende, Karl Schulze, Lauritz Schoof, Hans Gruhne)
- 2017: (Dovydas Nemeravičius, Martynas Džiaugys, Rolandas Maščinskas, Aurimas Adomavičius)
- 2018: (Filippo Mondelli, Andrea Panizza, Luca Rambaldi, Giacomo Gentili)
- 2019: (Dirk Uittenbogaard, Abe Wiersma, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)
- 2022: (Dominik Czaja, Mateusz Biskup, Mirosław Ziętarski, Fabian Barański)
- 2023: (Lennart van Lierop, Finn Florijn, Tone Wieten, Koen Metsemakers)