Anna Sztankovics

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Anna Sztankovics
Sztankovics Anna, 2018 Duna Arena.jpg
Sztankovics in 2018
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Born (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 27)
Budapest, Hungary
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
ClubMiskolc VSI [1]
CoachGergo Szollar [1]
Medal record
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nanjing 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Nanjing 200 m breaststroke
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Belgrade 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Antwerp 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Belgrade 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Antwerp 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Antwerp 50 m breaststroke

Anna Sztankovics (born January 10, 1996) is a Hungarian swimmer, who specializes in the breaststroke events. [1] [2] She is the current holder of the Hungarian record in the 50m breaststroke event both in long course and in short course.

Sztankovics was born in Budapest. She won two gold medals in the 100 m breaststroke at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, and at the 2012 European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. [3] [4] Sztankovics is a member of Jövő Swimming Club in Budapest, and is coached and trained by Balazs Virth. [1]

Sztankovics qualified for three swimming events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by meeting FINA B-standard entry times of 1:09.31 (100 m breaststroke) and 2:30.26 (200 m breaststroke) from the European Championships. [3] [5] [6] In the 100 m breaststroke, Sztankovics challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including two-time Olympian Danielle Beaubrun of St. Lucia. She cruised to second place and thirty-first overall by two hundredths of a second (0.02) behind Slovenia's Tjasa Vozel in 1:09.65. [7] In the 200 m breaststroke, Sztankovics picked up another second spot in heat one behind three-time Olympian Alia Atkinson of Jamaica by less than 0.10 of a second, in her lifetime best of 2:29.67. Sztankovics failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-ninth overall in the preliminaries. [8] [9]

Sztankovics also teamed up with Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Evelyn Verrasztó, and Eszter Dara in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. Swimming the breaststroke leg, Sztankovics recorded a split of 1:17.43. [10]

In 2014, she represented Hungary at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China and she won the bronze medal in the 50 m breaststroke and 200 m breaststroke events. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna Sztankovics". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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  4. ↑ "European Junior Championships: Germany Tops Medal Count, Russia Second". Swimming World Magazine. 10 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 100 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Women's 200 m breaststroke" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 2". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  8. ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1". London2012.com. LOCOG. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. ↑ "Sztankovics Anna nem jutott tovább 200 m mellen" [Anna Sztankovics failed to qualify for 200m breaststroke] (in Hungarian). Hatharom.hu. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
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  11. ↑ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 30, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2020.


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