Sanja Jovanović

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Sanja Jovanović

Personal information

Nationality

Croatia

Born

15 September 1986
Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Backstroke

Club

PK Jug Dubrovnik

Medal record

World SC Championships
Gold	2008 Manchester	50 m backstroke
Bronze	2008 Manchester	100 m backstroke
European Championships (LC)
Silver	2012 Debrecen	50 m backstroke
Bronze	2004 Madrid	200 m backstroke
Bronze	2008 Eindhoven	50 m backstroke
European Championships (SC)
Gold	2007 Debrecen	50 m backstroke
Gold	2008 Rijeka	50 m backstroke
Gold	2008 Rijeka	100 m backstroke
Gold	2009 Istanbul	50 m backstroke
Gold	2010 Eindhoven	50 m backstroke
Silver	2007 Debrecen	100 m backstroke
Silver	2009 Istanbul	100 m backstroke
Silver	2012 Chartres	50 m backstroke
Mediterranean Games
Gold	Mersin 2013	50 m backstroke
Silver	Tunis 2001	100 m backstroke
Silver	Almeria 2005	50 m butterfly
Bronze	Tunis 2001	100 m freestyle
Bronze	Almeria 2005	100 m backstroke
Bronze	Pescara 2009	50 m backstroke

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.^[1] She has a twin sister and two other sisters, and currently lives in suburb of Dubrovnik called Mokošica.

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event	2004	2008	2012
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)

References

↑ Sanja Jovanovic Sets World Record in 50 Back (15-12-2007)

External links

Official website
Profile at Swim Rankings
Dean Sinovčić (22 April 2008). "Sanja Jovanovic – World record holder grew up on cornmeal and water". Nacional. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

Records
Preceded by Li Hui	Women's 50 metres backstroke world record holder (short course) December 15, 2007 – November 6, 2009	Succeeded by Marieke Guehrer
Preceded by Zhao Jing	Women's 50 metres backstroke world record holder (short course) December 12, 2009 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent

v t e World Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Backstroke

1999: Sandra Völker (GER) 2000: Antje Buschschulte (GER) 2002: Jennifer Carroll (CAN) 2004: Haley Cope (USA) 2006: Janine Pietsch (GER) 2008: Sanja Jovanović (CRO) 2010: Zhao Jing (CHN) 2012: Zhao Jing (CHN)

v t e European Short Course Champions in Women's 50 m Backstroke

1991–1999: Sandra Völker (GER) 2000–2001: Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) 2002: Antje Buschschulte (GER) 2003: Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) 2004: Antje Buschschulte (GER) 2005: Louise Ørnstedt (DEN) 2006: Janine Pietsch (GER) 2007–2010: Sanja Jovanović (CRO) 2011: Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) 2012: Laure Manaudou (FRA) 2013: Simona Baumrtová (CZE)

v t e European Short Course Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke

1996: Antje Buschschulte (GER) 1998: Sandra Völker (GER) 1999: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) 2000 – 2001: Ilona Hlaváčková (CZE) 2002 – 2003: Antje Buschschulte (GER) 2004: Kateryna Zubkova (UKR) 2005 – 2007: Laure Manaudou (FRA) 2008: Sanja Jovanović (CRO) 2009: Kseniya Moskvina (RUS) 2010 – 2012: Daryna Zevina (UKR) 2013: Rūta Meilutytė (LTU)

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Persondata
Name	Jovanovic, Sanja
Alternative names
Short description	Croatian swimmer
Date of birth	1986-09-15
Place of birth	Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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