Valent Sinković

Valent Sinković
Sinković in 2012
Personal information
NationalityCroatian
Born (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Sport
CountryCroatia
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxless pair, Double sculls, Quadruple sculls
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroDouble sculls
2020 TokyoCoxless pair
2024 ParisCoxless pair
2012 LondonQuadruple sculls
World Championships
2010 CambridgeQuadruple sculls
2013 ChungjiuQuadruple sculls
2014 AmsterdamDouble sculls
2015 Aiguebelette-le-LacDouble sculls
2018 PlovdivCoxless pair
2019 OttensheimCoxless pair
2017 SarasotaCoxless pair
2023 BelgradeDouble sculls
2011 BledQuadruple sculls
European Championships
2012 VareseDouble sculls
2016
Brandenburg an der Havel
Double sculls
2018 GlasgowCoxless pair
2019 LucerneCoxless pair
2021 VareseCoxless pair
2022 OberschleißheimDouble sculls
2023 BledDouble sculls
2010 Montemor-o-VelhoQuadruple sculls
2020 PoznańCoxless pair
2025 PlovdivCoxless four
World U23 Championships
2009 RačiceQuadruple sculls
2010 BrestQuadruple sculls
2008
Brandenburg an der Havel
Double sculls
World Junior Championships
2006 AmsterdamDouble sculls

Valent Sinković (born 2 August 1988) is a Croatian rower. He is the older brother of fellow rower Martin Sinković, with whom he has won three Olympic gold medals. The brothers are the most decorated Croatian Summer Olympians in history and won the gold medal in the double sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the coxless pair at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the coxless pair at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and the silver medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics together with David Šain and Damir Martin. Sinković is a six-time world champion, twice in quadruple sculls, double sculls and coxless pair each, and seven-time European champion, with four titles in double sculls and three titles in coxless pair. He is also a two-time U23 world champion in quadruple sculls with his brother, Šain and Martin.

The Sinković brothers have been racing together internationally since 2008 and holds the world best time in double sculls, set at the 2014 World Rowing Championships where they were the first men's team to go under 6 minutes for their race time.