Luka Mladenovic (born 27 May 2004) is an Austrian competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Junior Championships, he won the gold medal and world junior title in the 100-metre breaststroke, the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke, and the bronze medal in the 50-metre breaststroke. He is a 2022 European Junior Championships silver medalist in the 200-metre breaststroke. In 2025 Luka Mladenovic will visit the Arizona State University in Tempe near Phoenix in the United States of America.

Background

Mladenovic was born 27 May 2004 in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

."Luka Mladenovic"
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''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. He trains with SU Generali Salzburg swim club, in

Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label= Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded ...

, under the guidance of coach Plamen Ryaskov.Rausch, Stephanie (12 September 2022)
"Feierlicher Empfang für Goldschwimmer Luka Mladenovic"
(in German). ''

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''. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

Career

2021

On 17 May, Mladenovic placed 61st in the 100-metre breaststroke with a time of 1:03.10 at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, contested at

Danube Arena The Danube Arena (in Hungarian: ''Duna Aréna'', unofficially ''Dagály Budapest Aquatics Complex'') is an aquatics complex located in Budapest, Hungary. It was designed by Marcell Ferenc and built between 2015 and 2017. Design and construction O ...

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. LEN (17 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. Two days later, he placed 41st in the 200-metre breaststroke with a time of 2:16.87. LEN (19 May 2021)
"Hungary 2020 LEN European Aquatics Championships: Results 200m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. At the

2021 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 6 to 11 July 2021 in Rome, Italy at the Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto. The Championships were organized by LEN, the European Swimming League, and were held in a 50-meter pool. The Champion ...

, held approximately two months later in

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, he placed fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke, fourth in the 200-metre breaststroke, eleventh in the 4×100-metre medley relay, seventeenth in the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, 53rd in the 50-metre butterfly, and did not start the 50-metre breaststroke. LEN (12 July 2021)
"LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

2022

2022 European Junior Championships

At the

2022 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 5 to 10 July 2022 in Otopeni, Romania. The Championships were for girls aged 14–17 and boys age 15–18. Results Boys Girls Mixed events Medal table Team Trophy Results: ...

, held in July in

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, Mladenovic won the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke with a time of 2:13.21, finishing less than two-tenths of a second behind gold medalist Lucien Vergnes of

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.Race, Retta (8 July 2022)
"Back Half Splits Helped Fuel Multiple Wins On Day 4 Of European Juniors"
'' SwimSwam''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. LEN (10 July 2022)
"Romania 2022 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book"
''Microplus Informatica''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. He also placed seventh in the final of the 100-metre breaststroke with a 1:02.48, placed seventh in the 200-metre individual medley in the semifinals with a personal best time of 2:03.79 before withdrawing from competing in the final, and placed fifteenth in the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 28.68 seconds.

2022 European Aquatics Championships

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 ...

, with pool swimming competition at

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in mid-August, Mladenovic started off with a 30th-place ranking in the preliminary heats of the 100-metre breaststroke on day one with a time of 1:02.46. LEN (11 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. Two days later, he achieved a 23rd-place ranking in the 200-metre breaststroke with a time of 2:15.98, which was the fastest time by an Austrian in the event at the 2022 Championships. LEN (13 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. On 15 August, two days later, he ranked 40th in the preliminary heats of the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 29.06 seconds and did not advance to the semifinals. LEN (15 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. For his final event of the championships, he placed 19th in the preliminary heats of the 200-metre individual medley one day later with a 2:06.00, ranking as the fastest Austrian in the event. LEN (16 August 2022)
"European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 200m Individual Medley Men Preliminary"
''Microplus''. Retrieved 19 September 2022.

2022 World Junior Championships

Following his results at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, Mladenovic entered to compete the same repertoire, 50-metre breaststroke, 100-metre breaststroke, 200-metre breaststroke, and 200-metre individual medley, at the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in August and September in

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."Luka Mladenovic geht mit großen Erwartungen in die Junioren-WM"
(in German). ''

''. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022. On the morning of the second day of competition, he placed twelfth in the 200-metre individual medley, finishing with a time of 2:04.90.

(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 200m Individual Medley Heats Results Summary"
''

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''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. Later in the day, in the evening finals session, he won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:01.30, finishing 0.34 seconds ahead of silver medalist Uroš Živanović of

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and 1.50 seconds ahead of Filip Urbanski of

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(31 August 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 19 September 2022."Luka Mladenovic ist Junioren-Weltmeister über 100 Meter Brust"
(in German). ''

''. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022."Gab's noch nie! - Mladenovic ist Salzburgs allererster"
(in German). ''

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''. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022."Gold bei der Junioren-WM: Schwimmer Mladenovic badet im Erfolg"
(in German). ''

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''. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022. Two days later, he won the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke, achieving a second-place finish with a personal best time of 2:12.94, which was 0.13 seconds behind gold medalist Asahi Kawashima of Japan.

(2 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 200m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 19 September 2022.Rieder, David (2 September 2022)
"World Junior Championships – Day Four Finals: Ksawery Masiuk Among Five Swimmers Earning Second Gold Medal"
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''. Retrieved 19 September 2022. In the final of his fourth and final event, the 50-metre breaststroke on 4 September, he won the bronze medal in the 50-metre breaststroke, this time finishing 0.62 seconds behind gold medalist Uroš Živanović of Serbia with a personal best time of 28.32 seconds.

(4 September 2022)
"8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 19 September 2022."Junior swimmers shine in final night of Championships"
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''. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022. After the Championships, when he returned to his training base in Austria, Mladenovic received a welcome home reception at his swim club.

2023

At the 2023 Salzburg Indoor Short Course Swimming Championships in February in

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, Mladenovic won ten titles in individual events, which spanned freestyle (100-metre, 200-metre, 400-metre), backstroke (100-metre), breaststroke (50-metre, 100-metre, 200-metre), butterfly (50-metre), and individual medley (100-metre, 200-metre) disciplines."Luka Mladenovic räumt in Salzburg zehn Titel ab"
(in German). ''salzburg24.at''. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023."Offene Salzburger Kurzbahn Landesmeisterschaft Short Course (25m) Hallein/Rif (AUT) 4 - 5 Feb 2023: Men"
''swimrankings.net''. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023. Three months later, he placed fifth in the a-final of the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2023

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stop in

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, France, finishing in a time of 2:14.49."Canet-en-Roussillon: Day 2 Results (2023) , Mare Nostrum Swim Tour"
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''. 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.

International championships (50 m)

Personal best times

Long course meters (50 m pool)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mladenovic, Luka 2004 births Living people Sportspeople from Salzburg Austrian male breaststroke swimmers Austrian male medley swimmers 21st-century Austrian people