Anita Horvat

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Anita Horvat
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Anita Horvat in 2023
Personal information
Born (1996-09-07) 7 September 1996 (age 27)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 800 metres, 400 m
ClubAK Velenje
Coached byTevž Korent
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
World Relays
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Chorzów 2×2×400 m mixed
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Istanbul 800 m
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Oran 400 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Oran 4×400 m relay

Anita Horvat (born 7 September 1996) [1] is a Slovenian sprinter and middle-distance runner. She placed seventh in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Horvat won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

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She represented Slovenia in the 400 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She is the Slovenian record holder for the 400 metres out and indoors, and took 10 individual national titles (mostly for the 400 m).

Career

Anita Horvat competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. [1]

She also represented Slovenia in the event at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021. [1]

In the 2022 season, Horvat gradually shifted to the 800 metres. In March, she won the 400 m at the Balkan Indoor Championships held in Istanbul. She finished second over the 800 m at the outdoor Balkan Championships in Craiova, Romania in June that year. The following month, she placed second in the 400 m at the Mediterranean Games staged in Oran, Algeria. [1] At the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene the same July, Horvat for the first time broke the two-minute barrier in the 800 m (1:59.60) in her semifinal and eventually finished seventh in 1:59.83 in the first global individual final of her career. [2] She lowered her personal best to 1:58.96 in August and competed in the event at the European Championships in Munich, where she fell and placed last in her heat. [1]

In January 2023, the 26-year-old won her new specialist event at the Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe in Germany, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, beating 2022 world indoor silver medallist Freweyni Hailu. [3] She continued her good form in March, claiming the silver medal in the 800 m at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul, her first major individual medal and the biggest success up to that point. [4] [5]

Statistics

Personal bests

International competitions

Representing Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
2014 European Team Championships First League Tallinn, Estonia10th 400 m hurdles 1:00.81
12th 4 × 400 m relay 3:47.78
World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:42.91 NU20R
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden7th (h3) 400 m 56.36
6th (h4) 400 m hurdles 1:02.08
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:46.30
2016 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey2nd (f2)400 m54.82
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia24th (h) 400 m 54.65
European Team Championships Second League Tel Aviv, Israel4th 400 m 52.72
9th 4 × 100 m relay 46.39
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.19
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland4th 400 m 53.06
World Championships London, United Kingdom38th (h) 400 m 52.78
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany14th (sf) 400 m 51.89
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland12th (sf) 400 m 53.37
European Games Minsk, Belarus11th 4 × 400 m mixed 3:20.66
European Team Championships Second League Varaždin, Croatia2nd 400 m 52.45
6th 4 × 100 m relay 45.15
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.71
World Championships Doha, Qatar39th (h) 400 m 52.73
Military World Games Wuhan, China5th (h1) 400 m 55.51
2021 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey1st (f2)400 m53.44
3rd4 × 400 m relay3:41.50
European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland22nd (h) 800 m 2:06.08
World Relays Chorzów, Poland3rd 2×2×400 m mixed 3:41.95
European Team Championships Second League Stara Zagora, Bulgaria3rd 400 m 52.94
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 3:30.90 NR
Balkan Championships Smederevo, Serbia2nd (f2) 400 m 52.75
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.99
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan28th (h) 400 m 52.34
2022 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey1st400 m52.98
1st4 × 400 m relay3:37.84
World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.08 NR
Balkan Championships Craiova, Romania2nd 800 m 2:02.25
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria2nd 400 m 51.94 SB
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.51
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States33rd (h) 400 m 52.67
7th 800 m 1:59.83
European Championships Munich, Germany30th (h) 800 m 2:23.76
13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.57
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey2nd 800 m 2:00.54
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 16th (sf) 800 m 2:00.54
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 16th (sf) 800 m 2:04.30
Olympic Games Paris, France 10th (rep) 800 m 2:00.56

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References

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