Anamarija Petričević (born 23 August 1972) is a retired
Croatia
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n swimmer.
Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of
Đurđica Bjedov
Đurđa "Đurđica" Bjedov (born 5 April 1947) is a retired Croatian swimmer and the only Yugoslav Olympic champion in swimming.
Bjedov never won a medal at major international competitions, except for the 1968 Olympics, where she finished fir ...
, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
. Petričević competed for
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
. She failed to advance past round one in 200 m breaststroke and 400 m individual medley, but made the B final in 200 m individual medley. In 1989 she won the 5 km gold medal at the
European Open Water Swimming Championships
The European Open Water Swimming Championships are an event organized by LEN (''Ligue Européenne de Natation''), dedicated to open water swimming competitions. The event was held biennially from 1989 to 1993; since 1995 the open water swimming has ...
held in
Stari Grad.
Petričević retired from swimming in 1993. , she lives in
Locarno
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, twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia
* Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
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Switzerland
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, where she works as a swimming coach.
Petričević holds the following senior national records (all set in 1988):
* 50 meter pool
**400 m freestyle (4:19.21)
**400 m individual medley (4:46.33)
*25 meter pool
**400 individual medley (4:42.09)
Her long-standing national record in 200 m individual medley (2:16.38, 1988) was surpassed by