Tomáš Klobučník

Tomáš Klobučník
Personal information
Nickname(s) Kolozh[1]
Nationality  Slovakia
Born (1990-06-21) 21 June 1990
Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club J&T Sport Team Bratislava[1]
Coach Gabriel Baran[1]

Tomáš Klobučník (born June 21, 1990 in Topoľčany) is a Slovak swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1][2] He is a multiple-time Slovak swimming champion and record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke, and also, a two-time Swimmer of the Year (2009 and 2011) by the Slovak Swimming Federation.[3] Klobucnik is also a resident athlete for J&T Sport Team Bratislava, and is coached and trained by Gabriel Baran.[1]

Klobucnik qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by breaking a long-course Slovak record and eclipsing a FINA B-cut of 2:13.10 from the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.[4][5][6] He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including four-time OIympian Jakob Jóhann Sveinsson of Iceland. He raced to third place by less than 0.11 of a second behind Poland's Slawomir Kuczko in 2:13.40. Klobucnik failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed twenty-third overall in the preliminaries.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tomáš Klobučník". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-18. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tomáš Klobučník". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Šport.sk – Tomáš Klobučník" (in Slovak). Šport.sk. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "2012 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Debrecen, Hungary) – Men's 200m Breaststroke Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 200 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Do Londýna okrem Smolenovej aj Klobučník, Syllabová a Filová" [Smolenova, Klobučník, Syllabová and Filová are off to London] (in Slovak). Noviny.sk. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 4". London 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2013.


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