Gordan Kožulj

Gordan Kožulj

175px Kožulj swimming backstroke at 2008 Euros.
Personal information
Born	28 November 1976 (1976-11-28) (age 47) Zagreb, Croatia
Medal record Men’s swimming Representing Croatia World Championships 2003 Barcelona 200 m backstroke World SC Championships 2000 Athens 200 m backstroke European Championships 2000 Helsinki 200 m backstroke 2002 Berlin 200 m backstroke 1999 Istanbul 100 m backstroke 1999 Istanbul 200 m backstroke 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley European Short Course Swimming Championships 2001 Antwerp 200 m backstroke 2000 Valencia 100 m backstroke 2000 Valencia 200 m backstroke 2002 Riesa 200 m backstroke 2005 Trieste 200 m backstroke

Gordan Kožulj (born 28 November 1976) is a former backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996.

At the 2003 World Aquatics Championships he won a silver medal in 200 m backstroke. In 2000 in Athens he became a world champion in 200 m backstroke (short course).

In 1999 he won two silver medals at the European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Those performances made him Croatia's Sportsman of the Year (1999). In 2000 and 2002 he became a European champion in 200 m backstroke.

Kožulj retired from competitive swimming in December 2008. In March 2008 he was appointed director of the Croatian national swimming team, replacing acting director Tomislav Karlo. In September 2009 Kožulj was elected to the European Olympic Committees Athletes' Commission.

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event	1996 Atlanta	2000 Sydney	2004 Athens	2008 Beijing
100 m backstroke	N/A	14th 56.26	14th 56.02	24th 55.05
200 m backstroke	N/A	8th 1:59.38	9th 1:59.61	14th 1:59.22
4 × 100 m medley relay	N/A	14th 3:42.73	N/A	12th 3:37.69
4 × 200 m freestyle relay	13th 7:43.69	N/A	N/A	N/A