Matea Samardžić (born 17 January 1995 in
Split, Croatia
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) is a retired
Croatia
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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 ...
. She won a bronze medal in the
200m backstroke event at the
2016 European Aquatics Championships
The 2016 European Aquatics Championships took place from 9 to 22 May 2016 in London, United Kingdom, in the London Aquatics Centre. It was the thirty second edition of the event, and the second held in the same year as a Summer Olympics. Hosts Gr ...
. She qualified for the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
, where she will also compete in the 100m backstroke and the 400m individual medley events.
[http://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/women_final_0.pdf 2016]
References
1995 births
Living people
Croatian female swimmers
Croatian female backstroke swimmers
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Croatia
Sportspeople from Split, Croatia
21st-century Croatian women
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