Viktoria Zeynep Güneş (born Viktoria Solntseva, , 19 June 1998) is a
Ukraine
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-born Turkish (since 2014)
swimmer
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. She represents Energy Standard in the
International Swimming League
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.
Güneş is currently serving a 24-month competition ban due to expire in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation for missing three tests in a 12-month period.
Career
For Ukraine
Solnceva competed for Ukraine at the
2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
The 4th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, were held on August 26–31, 2013, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Medal table
Medal summary
Boys' events
Girls' events
Mixed events
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Gunes competed in the 100m breaststroke in seniors at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
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in
Kazan
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, narrowly missing a semi-final birth as she placed 17th. She represented Turkey in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, where she reached the semi-finals (top 16) of the 100m breaststroke, placing 15th in the preliminary heats. She swam in the heats of 400m medley 4.41.79 and did not advance. In the 100m breaststroke heats, she qualified for the semifinals with 1.07.14, however in the semifinals swam 1.07.41 and did not advance.
At the
2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships
The 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, were held on August 25–30, 2015, in Singapore. The championships were for girls born in the years 1998–2001 and boys born in 1997–2000.
Medal table
Medal summary
Boys' events
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in Singapore, she represented Turkey, and won four gold medals. In the 200 meter breaststroke she broke the
junior world record
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with a time of 2:19.64, just 0.53 off the senior world record. She also broke the junior world record in the 200 meter individual medley.
FINA
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named her "female swimmer of the meet".
At the
Budapest
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meet of the
2021 FINA Swimming World Cup
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, she took the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke event, and the bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley event. She won the gold medal in the 400 m individual medley event at the
2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships (25 m) were held in Kazan, Russia, from 2 to 7 November 2021 at the Palace of Water Sports
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in
Kazan
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, Russia, becoming the first Turkish swimmer to be a European champion. With her time of 4:30.45.4 she also improved her own Turkish record in this event.
International Swimming League
In the Autumn of 2019, she was member of the inaugural
International Swimming League
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swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.
Awards and honors
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FINA
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List of European Short Course Swimming Championships medalists (women)
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