Boris Škanata (18 May 1927 – 20 October 1962) was a Yugoslav swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 100 m backstroke at the 1950 European Aquatics Championships.[2] He finished seventh in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3]

Death

Škanata died in a car crash on 20 October 1962 at the 25th kilometre of the Belgrade–Zagreb highway. Also killed with him were FK Partizan footballers Čedomir Lazarević and Bruno Belin and Radnički footballer Vladimir Josipović.[4][5]

Personal life

He had a son named Aleksandar (born 1951).[6]

References

  1. ^ "Boris Škanata". Croatian Olympic Committee. 9 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ Boris SKANATA. les-sports.info
  3. ^ Boris Škanata. sports-reference.com
  4. ^ Foto arhiva – Čedomir Lazarević (1926–1962)
  5. ^ "Official Partizan article". Archived from the original on 2020-03-25. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  6. ^ Politika (2015-12-14). "Imamo plivače za olimpijske medalje, ali nemamo uslove" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-02-03.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_%C5%A0kanata
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