Smiljana Marinović (born 25 September 1977 in Split) is an Olympic and national-record holding

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. She swam at the Olympics in

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. In July 2009, she set the Croatian Record in the long course 100 Breaststroke at 1:10.42.
Croatian Championships: Smiljana Marinovic, Mario Todorovic, Niksa Roki set Croatian marks
''. Published by '' Swimming World'' on 2009-07-04; retrieved 2014-05-14. She also swam for Croatia internationally at the 2003 and 2005 World Championships.

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1977 births Living people Female breaststroke swimmers Croatian female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Croatia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Split, Croatia 21st-century Croatian women {{Croatia-swimming-bio-stub