Luka Grubor
MBE
Personal information
Born (1973-12-27) 27 December 1973
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
Sport
ClubSomerville College Boat Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyEight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleCoxed four
Silver medal – second place 1999 St. Catharines Eight
Representing  Croatia
Nations Cup
Gold medal – first place 1993 IoanninaBM4-

Luka Grubor MBE (born 27 December 1973) is a retired rower, born in Zagreb, who competed internationally for Yugoslavia, Croatia and Great Britain, as well as for Oxford in the 1997 Boat Race.[1] Grubor won a gold medal in the men's eight at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as a member of the British rowing team.[2]

Grubor studied at Somerville College, Oxford.[3]

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year Honours list.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Luka Grubor". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luka Grubor". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Oxford at the Olympics". ox.ac.uk.
  4. ↑ United Kingdom list: "No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. pp. 1–27.
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