Marica Stražmešter (

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: Марица Cтражмештер, born 28 August 1981) is a two-time

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n Olympic swimmer. Stražmešter represented

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at the

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in 100 and 200m backstroke. Eight years later, she represented Serbia at the

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in 100m backstroke. She is the Serbian record holder in 100m

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both in

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and short course pools. She competed in Semifinals at European swimming championships, World championships. Stražmešter became several times champion of Spain combining her swimming practices with her job as coach. She moved to United States in 2014 and decided to work with youth in schools

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* * * * * 1981 births Living people Serbian female swimmers Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Serbia Olympic swimmers for Serbia and Montenegro Sportspeople from Kikinda Serbia and Montenegro female swimmers University of Novi Sad alumni Serbian emigrants to the United States {{Yugoslavia-swimming-bio-stub

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