Tomislav Karlo
Tomislav Karlo (born 21 December 1970 in Split, Croatia)[1] is an Olympic backstroke swimmer from Croatia. He swam for Croatia at the 1996 Olympics.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Swimming | ||
Representing  Croatia | ||
| European Championships (SC) | ||
.svg.png.webp){kind=icon} | 1996 Rostock | 50 m backstroke |
| 1996 Rostock | 4x50 m freestyle |
| 1999 Lisbon | 50 m backstroke |
In the early 1990s, he attended and swam for the USA's Brigham Young University.[2] During the second half of the 1990s he won several medals at the Short Course European Championships. In 1997 during the FINA World Cup meet in Paris, France he set a European Record in 50 m backstroke with the time 24.52.[3]
He swam for Croatia at the following international events:
- Olympics: 1996
- World Championships: 1998
- Short Course Worlds: 1997
- Short Course Europeans: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000
As of 2011, he is the Secretary-General of the Croatian Swimming Federation.[4][5]
References
- Karlo's entry at sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-06-24.
- Karlo's bio from the BYU Cougars website; retrieved 2011-06-24.
- "Hrvatska - zemlja svjetskih rekordera" (in Croatian). 23 January 2001. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- Karlo's entry from the LEN directory; retrieved 2011-06-24.
- Croatia's federation information Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine from the FINA member federation directory; retrieved 2011-06-24.
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