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Place of Birth: Vukovar, Vukovar-Syrmia County, Croatia
About Damir Martin
- Damir Martin (born 14 July 1988) is a Croatian rower.
- He won silver in the men's single scull at the 2016 Olympics losing to Mahé Drysdale in a photo finish and beating the multiple time world champion Ondrej Synek.
- He also won silver at the 2012 Olympics in the quadruple scull together with David Å ain, Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic.Martin began rowing at the age of 12.
- He has been part of the Croatian national team since the age of 17.
- Rowing is a sporting tradition in his home town of Vukovar.
- His grandfather was a rower too.
- His parents even met through their rowing club.
- He took up rowing after the family moved to Zagreb, in the rowing club "Zagreb", than went to rowing club "Trešnjevka" and is now in the rowing club "Croatia" At just the age of 3 he had to leave his hometown of Vukovar because of the war, while his father Boris stayed and fought.
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