Rovena Marku (born 21 May 1987 in

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) is an Olympic

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from

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, who represented her native country at the

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and

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. At the

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, she set a new Albanian record in 50 m freestyle of 28.15 – she held the previous mark at 28.79. She finished 58th in Olympics 2008.Marku's results page
from the 2008 Olympics website; retrieved 2009-07-03. She also swam at the 2007 World Championships in the 50 m freestyle and 50 breaststroke; and at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

References

Living people 1987 births Albanian female swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Albania Swimmers at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Shkodër Albanian female freestyle swimmers Female breaststroke swimmers Mediterranean Games competitors for Albania {{Albania-swimming-bio-stub