Peter John Stevens (born 1 June 1995) is a Slovenian

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. He won the title of youth world champion in the 50-metre breaststroke in 2013. In 2016, he won silver in the same discipline seconds at the 50-metre breaststroke on the European Aquatic Championships in London, with time of 27.09 seconds. This was his first medal from a senior competition. In 2016, he won the silver medal at the 50 m breaststroke on the short-course World Swimming Championships, breaking the Slovenian national record at 25.85. Stevens is son of an English father and Slovenian mother. His family lives in

Medvode Medvode (; german: Zwischenwässern''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 110.) is a town in Slovenia. It is the seat of the Municipality o ...

. he is a student at the

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International Swimming League

In 2019 he was member of the

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representing Team Iron. He was co-captain of the team alongside

Katinka Hosszú Katinka Hosszú (; born 3 May 1989) is a Hungarian competitive swimmer specialized in individual medley events. She is a three-time Olympic champion and a nine-time long-course world champion. She is owner of a Budapest based swim school and swi ...

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Slovenian male swimmers Living people 1995 births Sportspeople from Kranj European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Male breaststroke swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Slovenian people of English descent 20th-century Slovenian people 21st-century Slovenian people {{Slovenia-swimming-bio-stub