Tomáš Klobučník (born June 21, 1990 in

Topoľčany Topoľčany (; sk, Veľké Topoľčany before 1920; hu, Nagytapolcsány) is a town in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. The population is around 25,000 in total. The town's population is nicknamed ''Žochári'' (singl. ''Žochár'') (producers, or o ...

) is a Slovak swimmer, who specializes in breaststroke events. He is a multiple-time Slovak swimming champion and record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke, and also, a two-time Swimmer of the Year (2009 and 2011) by the Slovak Swimming Federation. Klobucnik is also a resident athlete for J&T Sport Team Bratislava, and is coached and trained by Gabriel Baran. Klobucnik qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the

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, by breaking a long-course Slovak record, eclipsing the FINA B-cut time of 2:13.10 at the

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. He challenged seven other swimmers in the second heat, including four-time OIympian

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of Iceland. He raced to third place by less than 0.11 of a second behind Poland's Slawomir Kuczko in 2:13.40. Klobucnik failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-third overall in the preliminaries. At the

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, he took part in the 100 m breaststroke but was unable to progress from the first round.

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NBC Olympics Profile
1990 births Living people Slovak male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Slovakia Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from Topoľčany {{Slovakia-swimming-bio-stub