Sanja Jovanović

Sanja Jovanović

Personal information
Nationality	Croatia
Born	September 15, 1986 (1986-09-15) Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Backstroke
Club	PK Jug Dubrovnik
Medal record World SC Championships Gold 2008 Manchester 50 m backstroke Bronze 2008 Manchester 100 m backstroke European Championships (LC) Bronze 2004 Madrid 200 m backstroke Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke European Championships (SC) Gold 2007 Debrecen 50 m backstroke Gold 2008 Rijeka 50 m backstroke Gold 2008 Rijeka 100 m backstroke Gold 2009 Istanbul 50 m backstroke Gold 2010 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke Silver 2007 Debrecen 100 m backstroke Silver 2009 Istanbul 100 m backstroke

Sanja Jovanović (born September 15, 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 currently lives in suburb of Dubrovnik called Mokošica.

External links

• http://www.sanjajovanovic.com/
• Swim Rankings profile
• Sanja Jovanovic – World record holder grew up on cornmeal and water (English) (Nacional interview, April 2008)

Records
Preceded by Li Hui	Women's 50 metres backstroke world record holder (short course) December 15, 2007 – November 6, 2009	Succeeded by Marieke Guehrer
Preceded by Zhao Jing	Women's 50 metres backstroke world record holder (short course) December 12, 2009 – present	Succeeded by Incumbent