Vanja Ilić (10 February 1927 – 10 November 2018) was a Yugoslav swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] He was a member of swimming club Jadran Split. With the death of Željko Čajkovski on 11 November 2016, he became the oldest Croatian Olympic participant.[3]

Vanja Ilić
Personal information
Full nameVanja Ilić
Born(1927-02-10)10 February 1927
Fiume, Kingdom of Italy
Died10 November 2018(2018-11-10) (aged 91)[1]
New York City, New York, U.S.
Sport
SportSwimming

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  1. ^ "TUŽNA VIJEST - UMRO JE NAJSTARIJI HRVATSKI OLIMPIJAC Njegova životna priča bila je kao iz filma: Emigrirao je u Čile, pa uspio u New Yorku..." Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Hanza Media. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vanja Illić Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 14 January 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ Bakić, Marijan. "Hrvatski zbor sportskih novinara - Preminuo Željko Čajkovski – najstariji hrvatski olimpijac i osvajač medalje". www.hzsn.hr. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
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