SWIMMERS from Croatia

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Croatian Swimmers of all time. This list of famous Croatian Swimmers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Đurđica Bjedov (1947 - )

With an HPI of 47.23, Đurđica Bjedov is the most famous Croatian Swimmer.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Đurđa "Đurđica" Bjedov (born 5 April 1947) is a retired Croatian swimmer and the only Yugoslav Olympic champion in swimming. Bjedov never won a medal at major international competitions, except for the 1968 Olympics, where she finished first in the 100 m breaststroke, breaking the Olympic record, and second in the 200 m breaststroke. Her medley relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries though because she jumped into water too early. Later that year she was selected as the Yugoslav Athlete of the Year. After retiring from competitions Bjedov worked as a swimming coach and raised her daughter Anamarija Petričević to become an Olympic swimmer. They both now live in Locarno, Switzerland. Bjedov is the only Yugoslav swimmer inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

2. Duje Draganja (1983 - )

With an HPI of 28.46, Duje Draganja is the 2nd most famous Croatian Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Duje Draganja (Croatian pronunciation: [dǔːje drǎɡaɲa]; born 27 February 1983) is a retired Croatian swimmer who won the silver medal in men's 50 metres freestyle race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

3. Dinko Jukić (1989 - )

With an HPI of 22.21, Dinko Jukić is the 3rd most famous Croatian Swimmer.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Dinko Jukić (born 9 January 1989 in Dubrovnik) is a retired medley and butterfly swimmer from Austria of Croatian origin.