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
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Croatia
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Budapest 1500 m freestyle
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku 1500 m freestyle

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]

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