Sanja Jovanović

Sanja Jovanović (born 15 September 1986 in Dubrovnik) is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position. On 13 April 2008 she broke the world record in 50 meters backstroke on European Short Course Swimming Championships, improving her record set on 15 December 2007. She has a twin sister and two other sisters, and lives in suburb of Dubrovnik called Mokošica.

Sanja Jovanović

Kazan in 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Croatia
Born	(1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	PK Jug Dubrovnik
Medal record World SC Championships 2008 Manchester 50 m backstroke 2008 Manchester 100 m backstroke European Championships (LC) 2012 Debrecen 50 m backstroke 2004 Madrid 200 m backstroke 2008 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke European Championships (SC) 2007 Debrecen 50 m backstroke 2008 Rijeka 50 m backstroke 2008 Rijeka 100 m backstroke 2009 Istanbul 50 m backstroke 2010 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 100 m backstroke 2009 Istanbul 100 m backstroke 2012 Chartres 50 m backstroke 2015 Netanya 50 m backstroke Mediterranean Games Mersin 2013 50 m backstroke Tunis 2001 100 m backstroke Almeria 2005 50 m butterfly Tunis 2001 100 m freestyle Almeria 2005 100 m backstroke Pescara 2009 50 m backstroke

Olympic results

Olympic results
Event	2004	2008	2012
100 m backstroke	17th 1:02.47	22nd 1:01.30	36th 1:03.38
200 m backstroke	13th 2:13.76	31st 2:15.57	—N/a

At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey she won the gold medal in 50 meters backstroke (28:48)

World records

Discipline			Time	Date and place
backstroke	50m	SC	26.50	2007-12-15, Debrecen
backstroke	50m	SC	26.37	2008-04-13, Manchester
backstroke	50m	SC	26.23	2008-12-13, Rijeka
backstroke	50m	SC	25.70	2009-12-12, Istanbul

See also

• World record progression 50 metres backstroke

External links

• Official website
• Sanja Jovanović at Swimrankings.net
• Dean Sinovčić (22 April 2008). "Sanja Jovanovic – World record holder grew up on cornmeal and water". Nacional. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.