Borut Petrič

Personal information

Born

1964

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing Yugoslavia
World Championships (LC)
	1978 Berlin	1500 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
	1981 Split	400 m freestyle
	1981 Split	1500 m freestyle
	1983 Rome	400 m freestyle
	1983 Rome	1500 m freestyle
	1977 Jönköping	1500 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
	1979 Split	400 m freestyle
	1983 Casablanca	200 m freestyle

Borut Petrič (born 28 December 1961 in Kranj, Slovenia) is a former Slovenian freestyle swimmer, who represented Yugoslavia in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1976. A brother of swimmer Darjan Petrič, he won the silver medal in the men's 1500 m freestyle at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin. Petrič was the youngest participant (14 years, 325 days) at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. He also won a gold medal on 400 m freestyle in 1981. In the same year, Petrič received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. He is the coach at swimming club Fužinar Ravne.

References

Profile

Awards
Preceded by Slobodan Kačar	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1981	Succeeded by Dragan Kićanović
Preceded by Slobodan Kačar	Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1981	Succeeded by Bojan Križaj

Slovenian Sportsman of the Year

Miroslav Cerar (1968)
Ivo Daneu (1969)
Miroslav Cerar (1970)
Brane Oblak (1971)
Danilo Pudgar (1972)
Vinko Jelovac (1973–74)
Bojan Križaj (1975)
Borut Petrič (1976–1978)
Bojan Križaj (1979–1980)
Borut Petrič (1981)
Bojan Križaj (1982)
Borut Petrič (1983)
Jure Franko (1984)
Rok Petrovič (1985–86)
Bojan Križaj (1987)
Matjaž Debelak (1988)
Andrej Jelenc (1989)
Tomo Česen (1990)
Franci Petek (1991)
Rajmond Debevec (1992)
Igor Majcen (1993)
Jure Košir (1994)
Iztok Čop (1995)
Andraž Vehovar (1996)
Primož Peterka (1997–98)
Gregor Cankar (1999)
Rajmond Debevec (2000)
Andrej Hauptman (2001)
Aljaž Pegan (2002)
Dejan Košir (2003)
Vasilij Žbogar (2004)
Mitja Petkovšek (2005)
Matic Osovnikar (2006)
Primož Kozmus (2007–09)
Dejan Zavec (2010)
Peter Kauzer (2011)
Anže Kopitar (2012)
Peter Prevc (2013–15)

European Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle

1926: Arne Borg (SWE)
1927: Arne Borg (SWE)
1931: István Bárány (HUN)
1934: Jean Taris (FRA)
1938: Björn Borg (SWE)
1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA)
1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA)
1954: György Csordás (HUN)
1958: Ian Black (GBR)
1962: Johan Bontekoe (NED)
1966: Frank Wiegand (GDR)
1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE)
1974: Aleksandr Samsonov (URS)
1977: Sergey Rusin (URS)
1981: Borut Petrič (YUG)
1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
1985: Uwe Daßler (GDR)
1987: Uwe Daßler (GDR)
1989: Artur Wojdat (POL)
1991: Yevgeny Sadovyi (URS)
1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN)
1995: Steffen Zesner (GER)
1997: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
1999: Paul Palmer (GBR)
2000: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2004: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS)
2008: Yury Prilukov (RUS)
2010: Yannick Agnel (FRA)
2012: Paul Biedermann (GER)
2014: Velimir Stjepanović (SRB)

Mediterranean Champions in Men's 200 m Freestyle

1971: Arnaldo Cinquetti (ITA) 1975: Marcello Guarducci (ITA) 1979: David López-Zubero (ESP) 1983: Borut Petrič (YUG) 1987 – 1991: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA) 1993: Christophe Bordeau (FRA) 1997: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA) 2001: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA) 2005: David Berbotto (ITA) 2009: Oussama Mellouli (TUN) 2013: Velimir Stjepanović (SRB)

Mediterranean Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle

1951 – 1955: Jean Boiteux (FRA)
1959: Vlado Brinovec (YUG)
1963: Francis Luyce (FRA)
1967: Juan Fortuny (ESP)
1971: Antonio Corell (ESP)
1975: Ali Gharbi (TUN)
1979: Borut Petrič (YUG)
1983: Darjan Petrič (YUG)
1987: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA)
1991 – 1993: Christophe Marchand (FRA)
1997 – 2001: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2005: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
2009: Oussama Mellouli (TUN)
2013: Velimir Stjepanović (SRB)

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