Anže Tavčar (born 2 December 1994) is a Slovenian competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

, who specializes in sprint freestyle events. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

he competed in the men's 100 meter freestyle and men's 200 meter freestyle. His career's most notable performance remains

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at the 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships where he, with the time of 0:48.88, became the first Slovenian swimmer as well as the first Indiana Hoosier to break the 49 second barrier. Tavčar enrolled at the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university, public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19t ...

School of Dentistry in 2018 and is scheduled to receive his degree in May 2022.

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* 1994 births Living people Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States Slovenian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Slovenia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) University of Louisville School of Dentistry alumni {{Slovenia-swimming-bio-stub