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| Born | 8 November 1982 Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||
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Milka Kraljev (born 8 November 1982) is an Argentine rower. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] She also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]
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Pietro Willy Ruta is an Italian rower. He competed in the men's lightweight double sculls with Elia Luini at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and in the men's lightweight coxless four at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 4th.
John Smith is a South African rower. He won a gold medal in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with teammates James Thompson, Matthew Brittain, and Sizwe Ndlovu. In 2014, he won the men's lightweight double sculls with Thompson at the World Championships, setting a world's best time. The pair also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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