Sanja Jovanović

Croatian swimmer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCroatian swimmer
PlacesCroatia
isAthlete Swimmer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth15 September 1986, Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia
Age38 years
Stats
Height:173
The details

Biography

Sanja Jovanović (born September 15, 1986 in Dubrovnik) is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position. On 13 April 2008 she broke the world record in 50 meters backstroke on European Short Course Swimming Championships, improving her record set on 15 December 2007. She has a twin sister and two other sisters, and currently lives in suburb of Dubrovnik called Mokošica.

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event200420082012
100 m backstroke 17th
1:02.47 
22nd
1:01.30
36th
1:03.38
200 m backstroke 13th
2:13.76
31st
2:15.57
N/A

At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey she won the gold medal in 50 meters backstroke (28:48)

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