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Luciano Sušanj

1948 - 2024

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Luciano Sušanj (10 November 1948 – 14 April 2024) was a Croatian politician, sports worker and track athlete who competed for Yugoslavia. Sušanj was successful in international competition over 400 and 800 meters, but was best known for winning the 800 meters European title in 1974. In the 1990s Sušanj started a political career, winning a seat in the Croatian Parliament in 1990 and 2000. In 2000 he was elected president of the Croatian Athletics Federation, and vice-president of the Croatian Olympic Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luciano Sušanj is the 687th most popular athlete (up from 1,083rd in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Croatia (up from 337th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Croatian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Luciano Sušanj ranks 687 out of 6,025. Before him are Jean Shiley, Arie van Vliet, Argentina Menis, Evelyn Ashford, Hermann Wilker, and Roelof Klein. After him are Ian Stewart, Harald Tammer, Tommy Hampson, Marita Lange, Martin Sheridan, and Eugène Balme.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Luciano Sušanj ranks 428. Before him are Barry Hay, Wu Den-yih, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Michael Moran, Argentina Menis, and Elaine Paige. After him are Vinko Jelovac, Bernd Stange, Erik Schinegger, Sinéad Cusack, Rula Ghani, and Ndaye Mulamba. Among people deceased in 2024, Luciano Sušanj ranks 331. Before him are Yoshiko Kuga, Jorge Toro, Akebono Tarō, Linda Lavin, Dieter Burdenski, and Richard Lewis. After him are Bennie Muller, Michael Ruse, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, Ron Ely, Ivan Charota, and Eliyahu Rips.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Luciano Sušanj ranks 261 out of 700. Before him are Giovanni Luppis (1813), Augustin Kažotić (1260), Aleksandar Petrović (1959), Frane Matošić (1918), Tomislav Ivković (1960), and Vatroslav Mimica (1923). After him are Vinko Jelovac (1948), Dino Rađa (1967), Nenad Bjelica (1971), Igor Cvitanović (1970), Joško Gvardiol (2002), and Milivoj Ašner (1913).

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Among ATHLETES In Croatia

Among athletes born in Croatia, Luciano Sušanj ranks 10. Before him are Blanka Vlašić (1983), Milan Nenadić (1943), Ivan Gubijan (1923), Ivo Trumbić (1935), Ottavio Missoni (1921), and Mate Trojanović (1930). After him are Velimir Valenta (1929), Abdon Pamich (1933), Jakov Fak (1987), Petar Šegvić (1930), Miroslav Poljak (1944), and Karlo Stipanić (1941).

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