Valent Sinković

Valent Sinković (born 2 August 1988) is a Croatian rower. He is the older brother of rower Martin Sinković with whom he won the gold medal in Men's double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. He had previously won the silver in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics with his brother, David Šain and Damir Martin.[1][2]

Valent Sinković
Valent Sinković in 2012
Personal information
NationalityCroatian
Born (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988
Zagreb, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryCroatia
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxless pair, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroDouble sculls
2012 LondonQuadruple sculls
World Championships
2010 KarapiroQuadruple sculls
2013 ChungjiuQuadruple sculls
2014 AmsterdamDouble sculls
2015 AiguebeletteDouble sculls
2018 PlovdivCoxless pair
2019 OttensheimCoxless pair
2017 SarasotaCoxless pair
2011 BledQuadruple sculls
European Championships
2012 VareseQuadruple sculls
2016 BrandenburgDouble sculls
2018 GlasgowCoxless pair
2019 LucerneCoxless pair
2010 Montemor-o-VelhoQuadruple sculls
2020 PoznanCoxless pair

The Sinković brothers were the first men's double sculls team to go under 6 minutes for their race time.[3]

Sinković followed his brothers, Matija and Martin, into rowing after injury stopped him playing football.[3] Martin and Valent have been racing together internationally since 2008.[3] In 2008 they won silver in the double sculls at the under-23s World Championships.[3] In 2009 they, along with David Šain and Damir Martin, won gold in the quadruple sculls at the under-23 World Championships.[3]

Valent was forced to miss part of the 2015 season with a rib injury, meaning the Sinković brothers missed the European championships.[3]

Competitions
Rowing the final (right boat) of the Quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

References
Specific
  1. "2012 OLYMPIC GAMES – London, GBR – (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valent Sinković". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. "Valent SINKOVIC - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 29 August 2017.


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