Anamarija Petričević (born 23 August 1972) is a retired

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n swimmer. Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of Đurđica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

. Petričević competed for

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at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. She failed to advance past round one in 200 m breaststroke and 400 m individual medley, but made the B final in 200 m individual medley. In 1989 she won the 5 km gold medal at the

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held in Stari Grad. Petričević retired from swimming in 1993. , she lives in

Locarno , neighboring_municipalities= Ascona, Avegno, Cadenazzo, Cugnasco, Gerra (Verzasca), Gambarogno, Gordola, Lavertezzo, Losone, Minusio, Muralto, Orselina, Tegna, Tenero-Contra , twintowns =* Gagra, Georgia * Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic ...

, Switzerland, where she works as a swimming coach. Petričević holds the following senior national records (all set in 1988): * 50 meter pool **400 m freestyle (4:19.21) **400 m individual medley (4:46.33) *25 meter pool **400 individual medley (4:42.09) Her long-standing national record in 200 m individual medley (2:16.38, 1988) was surpassed by Kim Daniela Pavlin in May 2012.

Sources

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Kim Pavlin srušila rekord Anamarije Petričević iz 1988.
1972 births Croatian female swimmers Female breaststroke swimmers Croatian female freestyle swimmers Croatian female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Yugoslavia Sportspeople from Split, Croatia Croatian swimming coaches Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Living people Female sports coaches Yugoslav female swimmers Female long-distance swimmers People from Locarno {{Croatia-swimming-bio-stub