Anna Charlott Darcel Elendt (born 4 September 2001) is a German

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. She competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke and

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at the

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. She holds the National Record in the 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:06.50, which she achieved at the German Swimming Championships on 4 June 2021 in Berlin.

Early life and education

Elendt was born 4 September 2001 and calls

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her hometown."Swimming – Anna Elendt"
''TheSports.org''. Retrieved 15 July 2021."Women's Swimming and Diving Roster: Anna Elendt"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021. She is one of three children to her parents Melanie and Philipp Elendt. She attended Carl von Weinberg Schule for high school. Collegiately, Elendt decided to live and train in the

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, and began competing for the

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swim team in the autumn of 2020.Keith, Braden (30 October 2019)
"World Championship Finalist Anna Elendt Verbally Commits to Texas"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

Career

2018 European Junior Championships

At the 2018 European Junior Championships in

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in July 2018, Elendt won three medals. She won a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke, a bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke, and a bronze medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay."Anna Elendt – Medals Breakdown"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

2019 World Championships

In July 2019 at the

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, Elendt competed in two individual events and the 4x100 meter relay."18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Results Book"
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''. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2021. She ranked 7th in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 31.06.OlympicTalk (21 July 2019)
"2019 World Swimming Championships results"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021. In the 100 metre breaststroke she swam a 1:08.70 and tied for 24th place in the prelims. On the 4x100 metre medley relay, Elendt swam a 1:08.74 on the breaststroke leg of the relay. The relay ranked 9th overall.

2020

At the 2020 Toyota US Open Championships, Elendt won the 100 metre breaststroke ahead of second-place finisher

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with a time of 1:07.50.McCarvel, Nick; Browne, Ken (13 November 2020)
"Lochte, Smith, Baker and more race on day 2 of U.S. Open swimming event"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021. Elendt earned the "Big 12 Swimming & Diving Newcomer of the Week" award for the week of December 1 following her performance at the US Open.D'Addona, Dan (1 December 2020)
"Big 12 Honors: Carson Foster, Anna Elendt Are Newcomers of the Week"
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2021

During Elendt's first collegiate season for the

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, she received the "Big 12 Swimming & Diving Newcomer of the Week” award for the week of February 24 from the

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. The award recognized her accomplishment of winning the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.56 and the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:12.94 in the last dual meet of the season."UT's Elendt, Van Zandt Earn Swimming & Diving Newcomer Awards"
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''. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

2021 German National Championships

On 4 June 2021, at the German National Swimming Championships, Elendt set a new national record in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:06.50 and was the first female German athlete to swim faster than 1:07 in the event.Race, Retta (4 June 2021)
"Anna Elendt Fires Off German 100 Breaststroke Record"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021. The next day, she broke the national record of Germany in the 50 metre breaststroke with her time of 30.67.Dornan, Ben (5 June 2021)
"Anna Elendt Lowers German 50 Breaststroke Record, Second NR This Week"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021.

2020 Summer Olympics

Elendt qualified to compete at the

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, in the 100 metre breaststroke as part of Germany's 2020 Olympic team."Tokyo 2020 Swimming Entry List (as of 14 July 2021)"
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''. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2021. She was also one of the swimmers on the 4x100 metre medley relay at the 2019 World Championships that qualified the

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for the 2020 Olympics.Brandes, Chandler (4 November 2019)
"Longhorns Gain 2020 Verbal from World Championship Finalist Anna Elendt"
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''. Retrieved 15 July 2021. On 25 July, Elendt competed in the 100 metre breaststroke prelims, swimming a 1:06.96, ranking 16th for all prelims heats, and advancing to the semifinals.Sutherland, James (25 July 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 25 July 2021.Radeck, Jule (25 July 2021)
"Anna Elendt schwimmt als 16. ins Halbfinale"
(in German). ''swim.de''. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elendt, Anna 2001 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) German female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Germany Texas Longhorns women's swimmers German expatriate swimmers in the United States World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 21st-century German sportswomen Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics