Vasilij Žbogar
Slovenian sailor (born 1975)
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| Nationality |  Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1975-10-04) 4 October 1975 (age 48) Koper, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Laser, Finn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasilij Žbogar (born 4 October 1975), is a Slovenian sailor. He was born in Koper.
Žbogar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal[1] and in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal, both of them in laser class. In 2010, he competed in the Barcolana regatta as a member of the record-setting yacht Esimit Europa 2, winning the event. In 2016, he competed in 2016 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in Finn class.
Žbogar was named Slovenian Sportsman of the year in 2004.
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Slovenia Rio de Janeiro 2016 | Succeeded by |
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- Miroslav Cerar (1968)
- Ivo Daneu (1969)
- Miroslav Cerar (1970)
- Branko Oblak (1971)
- Danilo Pudgar (1972)
- Vinko Jelovac (1973–74)
- Bojan Križaj (1975)
- Borut Petrič (1976–78)
- Bojan Križaj (1979–80)
- 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 (2013–16)
- Goran Dragić (2017)
- Luka Dončić (2018)
- Primož Roglič (2019–20)
- Tadej Pogačar (2021)
- Kristjan Čeh (2022)
- Tadej Pogačar (2023)
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| Settlements: | Administrative seat: Nova Gorica
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