Martina Moravčíková (; born August 13, 1988) is a Czech swimmer. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, she competed in the Women's 200 metre breaststroke, finishing in 26th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. At the 2016 Olympic Games, she competed in the women's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. She narrowly missed qualifying for the semifinals in the 200 m.

Personal and early life

Martina Moravčíková was born in 1988 to Ingrid Moravcikova and Jaroslav, a NATO officer. She resides in Tennessee where from 2010 to 2011 she attended

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United St ...

. There, she obtained a double major in global studies, language and world business. She enjoys extreme sports such as

surfing Surfing is a surface water sport in which an individual, a surfer (or two in tandem surfing), uses a board to ride on the forward section, or face, of a moving wave of water, which usually carries the surfer towards the shore. Waves suita ...

and

snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralym ...

. A huge admirer of Australian gold medalist Leisel Jones, she aspires to work in the American-Chinese import and export business.

References

1988 births Living people Czech female swimmers Czech female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Czech Republic Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Summer World University Games medalists in swimming University of Tennessee alumni Sportspeople from Rimavská Sobota FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the Czech Republic Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade {{CzechRepublic-swimming-bio-stub