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Olympedia – Sveto Drenovac

Sveto Drenovac

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameSvetolik "Sveto"•Drenovac
Used nameSveto•Drenovac
Original nameСветолик "Свето"•Дреновац
Died(Prior to 2017)
AffiliationsCrvena zvezda, Beograd (SRB)
NOC Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbia

Biography

Svetolik Drenovac began his rowing career in Beograd as a highschool student in the late 1930s, first as a member of the BOB Rowing Club. A member of the the Crvena zvezda (Red Star) rowing club in the 1940s, he was a member of the eights crew that represented Yugoslavia at the 1948 London Olympics. The Yugoslav boat finished second in its preliminary heat to the eventual champion Americans and was eliminated in the ensuing repêchage. Drenovac later was the longtime secretary of the Crvena zvezda club.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1948 Summer Olympics Rowing YUG SRB Sveto Drenovac
Eights, Men (Olympic) Yugoslavia 3 h1 r2/4