Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş

Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş / Viktoria Solnceva
Personal information
Birth name	Viktoria Solnceva
Born	19 June 1998 (age 26); Poltava, Ukraine
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Energy Standard International Swim Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Turkey
European Championships (SC)
Mediterranean Games
World Junior Championships
Representing Ukraine
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships

Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş or Viktoria Solnceva (Ukrainian: Вікторія Солнцева; born 19 June 1998) is a Ukraine-born Turkish (since 2014)^[1] swimmer.^[2] She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Career

For Ukraine

Solnceva competed for Ukraine at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai and the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. Solnceva is the current Ukrainian record holder in 100m and 200m breaststroke.

For Turkey

Gunes competed in the 100m breaststroke in seniors at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, narrowly missing a semi-final birth as she placed 17th. She represented Turkey in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, where she reached the semi-finals (top 16) of the 100m breaststroke, placing 15th in the preliminary heats. She swam in the heats of 400m medley 4.41.79 and did not advance. In the 100m breaststroke heats, she qualified for the semifinals with 1.07.14, however in the semifinals swam 1.07.41 and did not advance.^[3]

At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, she represented Turkey, and won four gold medals. In the 200 meter breaststroke she broke the junior world record with a time of 2:19.64, just 0.53 off the senior world record.^[4] She also broke the junior world record in the 200 meter individual medley. FINA named her female swimmer of the meet.^[5]

International Swimming League

In the Autumn of 2019 she was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.^[6]

References

^ "Türkiye, Hürrem'den çok beni tanıyacak"
^ "Victoria Solntseva - the child prodigy of Ukraine" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2013-09-29.
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20160806053932/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/viktoria-zeynep-gunes
^ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
^ "Swimming World Juniors, Day 6, Singapore: Gunes's blast would have earned her the title in Kazan as well!". FINA. August 30, 2015. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
^ "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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[1] "Türkiye, Hürrem'den çok beni tanıyacak"

[pluvane-2] "Victoria Solntseva - the child prodigy of Ukraine" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2013-09-29.

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20160806053932/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/viktoria-zeynep-gunes

[4] "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. August 30, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

[5] "Swimming World Juniors, Day 6, Singapore: Gunes's blast would have earned her the title in Kazan as well!". FINA. August 30, 2015. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.

[6] "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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