Sanja Jovanovic
Encyclopedia
Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke
swimmer from Croatia
, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics
in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position. On 13 April 2008 she broke the world record in 50 meters backstroke on European Short Course Swimming Championships, improving her record set on 15 December 2007. She has a twin sister and two other sisters, and currently lives in suburb of Dubrovnik called Mokošica
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Backstroke
The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...
swimmer from Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position. On 13 April 2008 she broke the world record in 50 meters backstroke on European Short Course Swimming Championships, improving her record set on 15 December 2007. She has a twin sister and two other sisters, and currently lives in suburb of Dubrovnik called Mokošica
Mokošica
Mokošica is a district in the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia. The suburb consists of Old and New Mokošica . According to the census of 2001, it has a population of 7528 residents...
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External links
- http://www.sanjajovanovic.com/
- Swim Rankings profile
- Sanja Jovanovic – World record holder grew up on cornmeal and water (NacionalNacional (weekly)Nacional is a Croatian weekly newsmagazine published in Zagreb.-History:Nacional was started in 1995 by Denis Kuljiš, Ivo Pukanić and other journalists dissatisfied with the editorial policies of Croatian weekly newspaper Globus. Both publications were hostile to the ruling HDZ government...
interview, April 2008)