Katja Fain

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Katja Fain
Personal information
NationalitySlovenian
Born (2001-08-31) 31 August 2001 (age 23)
Maribor, Slovenia
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Medal record
Representing Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Kazan 200 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Oran 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Oran 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Oran 200 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Oran 400 m freestyle
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Netanya 400 m freestyle

Katja Fain (born 31 August 2001) is a Slovenian swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 200 metre freestyle at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. She represented Slovenia at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Career

Fain is coached by her mother, Metka Sparavec, who is a 1996 Olympian in swimming. [1] She won a bronze medal at the 2017 European Junior Championships in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 4:11.36. [2]

Fain won four titles at the 2019 Slovenian Championships and qualified to represent Slovenia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. [3] She competed in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events. [4] [5] In the 200 metre event, she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals, and in the 400 metre event, she did not advance to compete in the final. [4] [5] She also competed in the 400 metre individual medley event and finished 20th in the heats. [6]

Fain qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in three events. Her best finish was in the 400 metre individual medley, where she finished 15th in the heats. [7] She finished 26th in the 800 metre freestyle and 30th in the 1500 metre freestyle. [8] [9] At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 200 metre freestyle behind Marrit Steenbergen and Barbora Seemanová. [10]

Fain competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games alongside Janja Šegel, Neža Klančar, and Tjaša Pintar, and they won gold medals in both the 4 × 100 metre and 4 x 200 metre freestyle relays. [11] [12] Individually, she won silver medals in both the 200 and 400 metre freestyle events. [13] [14] At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, she finished fifth in the 400 metre freestyle and set a new national record of 4:01.46. [15] She also competed in the 200 metre freestyle and finished tenth in the heats. [16] She was selected by the Slovene Swimming Federation as the best swimmer of 2022. [1]

Fain competed for Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics with the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team, and they finished 14th in the heats. [17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Katja Fain je plavalka leta 2022, njena mama pa najboljša trenerka" [Katja Fain is the swimmer of 2022, and her mother is the best coach]. Maribor 24 (in Slovenian). 12 January 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Hungary Continues To Rock On Day 2 Of 2017 European Jr Championships". SwimSwam . 29 June 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Katja Fain prvo ime kranjskega plavalnega mitinga" [Katja Fain first name of the Carniolan swimming meet]. Delo (in Slovenian). Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Women's 200 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 "Women's 400 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR) 12 - 28 July 2019 Women's 400m Individual Medley" (PDF). Omega Timing. World Aquatics. 28 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "Swimming Women's 400m Individual Medley Heats" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 . International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "800 metre freestyle Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "1500 metre Heats results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Pavitt, Michael (7 November 2021). "Kirpichnikova and Kolesnikov triumph again as European Short Course Swimming Championships end". Inside the Games . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Plavalke prepričljivo zlate še v drugi štafeti" [Swimmers convincingly win gold in second relay]. Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovenian). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Plavanje in atletika tudi zvečer prinesla sredozemska odličja Sloveniji" [Swimming and athletics also brought Mediterranean medals to Slovenia in the evening]. Delo (in Slovenian). 3 July 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  13. ↑ Houston, Michael (2 July 2022). "Italian swimmers strong in pool at Oran 2022 Mediterranean Games". Inside the Games . Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "2022 Mediterranean Games Day 5: Italy & Turkey Strike Gold". SwimSwam . 5 July 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  15. ↑ "Katja Fain z novim slovenskim rekordom peta na SP" [Katja Fain with a new Slovenian record, fifth at the World Championships]. Delo (in Slovenian). 13 December 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  16. ↑ "Odlična Katja Fain za konec še deseta na 200 m prosto" [Excellent Katja Fain finishes tenth in the 200 m freestyle]. Siol . 18 December 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  17. ↑ "Slovenske plavalke 14. v štafeti 4 x 100 metrov prosto" [Slovenian swimmers 14th in the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay]. Dnevnik (in Slovenian). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
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