Tjaša Pintar (born February 15, 1997) is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

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. She competed on the Slovenian team in the

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event at 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 ...

. In 2014, she represented Slovenia at the

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held in Nanjing, China.

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1997 births Living people Slovenian female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Slovenia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Tennessee Volunteers women's swimmers Slovenian female freestyle swimmers 20th-century Slovenian women 21st-century Slovenian women Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Slovenia Swimmers at the 2022 Mediterranean Games {{Slovenia-swimming-bio-stub