Tristan Jankovics

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Tristan Jankovics
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Jankovics in 2024
Personal information
Born (2004-05-10) May 10, 2004 (age 21)
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Home town Puslinch, Ontario, Canada
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight90.5 kg (200 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Sport Swimming
Strokes Medley

Tristan Jankovics (born May 10, 2004) is a Canadian competitive swimmer, primarily competing in the medley events. [1] Jankovics was born in Guelph and grew up in Puslinch. [2]

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Career

In 2024 at the Canadian trials, Jankovics dropped five seconds from his previous best in the 400 metres individual medley event and went under the Olympic A standard. [3] At the conclusion of the 2024 Canadian Swim trials, Jankovics was named to Canada's 2024 Olympics team. [4] [5] [6]

2024 World Championships Budapest

Tristan Jankovic represented Canada at the 2024 World Championships in Budapest, held from December 10 to 15, 2024. Tristan swam in the 400-meter individual medley and set a new Canadian record in the heats, which is now 4:02.01, placing him first in his heat. The record was 21 years old and was set by Brian Jones, and at the time it was a world record. [7]

Swim style results

With this new result, Jankovic qualified for the final in third place overall. In the final, he swam the course in a time of 4:00.57, which was only good enough for sixth place. [8]

Personal life

Jankovics attends Ohio State University. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Tristan Jankovics". olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ Massey, Rob (February 8, 2024). "Puslinch swimmer seeks spot at the Summer Olympics in Paris". Guelph Today . Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ Pare, Mark (May 15, 2024). "Puslinch swimmer qualifies for Paris Olympics". Guelph Today . Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  4. ↑ Nichols, Paula (May 19, 2024). "Team Canada welcomes 29 swimmers for Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  5. ↑ Gillespie, Kerry (May 19, 2024). "Canada's swim teams are set for Paris. Yes, there will be a whole lot of Summer McIntosh". Toronto Star . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  6. ↑ Quigley, Joseph (May 22, 2024). "'Dream that came true': Newmarket swimmer qualifies for Olympics". Newmarket Today. Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  7. 1 2 Qualification data on SwimSwam
  8. ↑ Data from the finals at SwimSwam
  9. ↑ Kelaher, Tyler (July 12, 2024). "Guelph swimmer sets sights on Summer Olympics in Paris". CTV News . Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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