Ida Marko-Varga (born ''Mattsson''; 10 March 1985) is a Swedish

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. She represents SK Triton.

Career

Marko-Varga was an early prospect, winning two individual freestyle titles at the

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at the age of 13. The winning marks were 2:03.95 on 200-metre freestyle and 4:21.41 on the 400 m freestyle. She won all the five titles she contested for in the

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the same summer, although she was one year younger than the others in her age group. At the

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she won six individual titles and two relay medals, still being one year younger. She won a bronze medal in the 200-metre freestyle event at the

2000 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2000 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 27 to July 30, 2000 in Dunkerque, France. Medal table Medal summary Boy's events , - , 50 m freestyle , - , 100 m freestyle , - , 200 m freestyle , - , 400 m fre ...

, behind

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and

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. At the

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she swam in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay (with

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and

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), finishing 8th in the final. At the

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she competed in individually 200 m freestyle and in the 4 × 100 m freestyle and the 4 × 200 m freestyle. She finished 16th individually and 8th with 4×200 relay team. The 4 × 100 m freestyle team didn't make the finals finishing 11th in the prelims. Marko-Varga has been involved in two relay bronze medals at the Short Course World Championships, the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in Shanghai 2006 and the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Indianapolis championships. She has also earned two relay bronze medals at the European Championships, 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in Berlin 2002 and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in Eindhoven 2008.

Clubs

* SK Triton (, 2008–) *

Trelleborgs SS Trelleborgs Simsällskap, commonly known as Trelleborgs SS or TSS, is a defunct Sweden, Swedish swimming club from Trelleborg, Skåne, founded in 1922. In the 2010s, Trelleborgs SS and Trelleborgs Kappsim merged to Trelleborg Sim. Swimmers ''Swim ...

* Malmö KK * SK Ran (−2008)

References

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Olympic swimmers of Sweden 1985 births Living people Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swedish female freestyle swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming SK Triton swimmers Trelleborgs SS swimmers Malmö KK swimmers SK Ran swimmers Sportspeople from Malmö 21st-century Swedish women {{Sweden-Olympic-medalist-stub