Matea Samardžić (born 17 January 1995 in

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) is a retired

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swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. She won a bronze medal in the 200m backstroke event at the

2016 European Aquatics Championships The 2016 European Aquatics Championships took place from 9 to 22 May 2016 in London, United Kingdom, in the London Aquatics Centre. It was the thirty second edition of the event, and the second held in the same year as a Summer Olympics. Hosts G ...

. She qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she will also compete in the 100m backstroke and the 400m individual medley events.http://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/women_final_0.pdf 2016

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1995 births Living people Croatian female swimmers Croatian female backstroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Croatia Sportspeople from Split, Croatia 21st-century Croatian women {{Croatia-swimming-bio-stub