Miroslava Najdanovski (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

: Мирослава Најдановски, born 10 January 1988 in

Zrenjanin Zrenjanin ( sr-Cyrl, Зрењанин, ; hu, Nagybecskerek; ro, Becicherecu Mare; sk, Zreňanin; german: Großbetschkerek) is a city and the administrative center of the Central Banat District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbi ...

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, SFR Yugoslavia) is a 3-time

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n Olympic swimmer. Najdanovski represented

Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics Serbia and Montenegro competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Previously known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, this was the nation's third and last joint appearance at the Summer Olympics before Se ...

. At only 16 years of age, she was the youngest member of the Serbo-Montenegrin delegation and also one of the youngest athletes to compete at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. She participated in one event, the Women's 50 metre freestyle, in which she took 43rd place overall among 75 competitors with a time of 27.18. She represented

Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Serbia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country returned under the name ''Serbia'' after 96 years, previously competing under the names ''Yugoslavia'' (1920–1988), ''Independent Olympic Participant ...

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, China. Najdanovski qualified at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

, Australia. She took 36th place in the Women's 100 m freestyle with a time of 57.11. Later the same year, she competed at a national cup in Belgrade and qualified for the Women's 50 m freestyle as well, thanks to a time of 26.03. She therefore competed in both events. She competed in the women's 50m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing with a time of 26.46 seconds, achieving 42nd place in the heats.

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Profile at Olympic Committee of Serbia

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Najdanovski, Miroslava 1988 births Living people Serbian female swimmers Serbian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Zrenjanin Olympic swimmers for Serbia and Montenegro Olympic swimmers for Serbia Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Swimmers at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Universiade medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade Serbia and Montenegro female swimmers

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