Lana Pudar (born 19 January 2006) is a Bosnian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

specializing in the

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

events. She won a gold medal in the women's 200 m butterfly and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly at the

2022 European Aquatics Championships The 2022 European Aquatics Championships took place in Rome, Italy, from 11 to 21 August 2022. The event exactly coincided with, but was not officially part of, the 2022 European Championships. This diverged from the joined format of the 2018 e ...

, a bronze medal in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships, and she competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. She is the national record holder in all six

events, and a

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record holder in the 100 m women's butterfly event.

Career

In 2021, at the European Junior Championships, Pudar won a gold medal in the 100 m butterfly and silver medals in the 50 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly. As the second youngest swimmer at the

, she finished 19th in the women's 100 metre butterfly. At the 2021 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships, Pudar won bronze in the 200 m butterfly and brought

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

its first ever senior international swimming medal. At the

held in Rome, Pudar won gold in the 200 m butterfly and bronze in the 100 m butterfly, breaking national records in both finals.

Results

Individual

Long course

Short course

Personal bests

*''This list only includes times above 800 Swimming points.''

Personal life

Lana is the daughter of former footballer

Velibor Pudar Velibor Pudar ( sr-Cyrl, Велибор Пудар; born 22 November 1964) is a Bosnian football manager and former goalkeeper. Playing career Born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina of Serb parents, he played with FK Lokomotiva Mostar from wh ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pudar, Lana 2006 births Living people Sportspeople from Mostar Bosnia and Herzegovina female swimmers Female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming