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Barbora Seemanová
Seemanová at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Full nameBarbora Seemanová
NationalityCzech
Born (2000-04-01) 1 April 2000 (age 24)
Prague, Czech Republic[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSK Motorlet Praha
Medal record
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest 200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2021 Kazan 200 m freestyle
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires 200 m freestyle

Barbora Seemanová (born 1 April 2000)[1] is a Czech swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Early life[edit]

Seemanová graduated from the Czechoslovak Academy of Business in Prague.[1]

Career[edit]

At the 2015 European Games, Seemanová reached the finals of 100m freestyle.[3] With the record of 200m freestyle swimming 1:58.14, she was nominated to the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the youngest Czech at 16 years old.[4] In the 200m freestyle race, Seemanová finished 31st place with a time of 2:00.26.[5] She was also a member of the 4×100 medley relay, but was disqualified.[6]

At the 2017 European Junior Swimming Championships, Seemanová became the champion of the 50m freestyle course in a new Czech senior record of 25.06 s, holding records in the 50 to 200 m freestyle courses.[7]

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, Seemanová won a gold medal in the first start on the 100m freestyle track.[8] In the second round, she took bronze on the 200m freestyle track in 1:58.25.[9] Seemanová won the second gold medal in the last start in the 50 m freestyle.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Šonsky, Lukáš (2 January 2017). "Tatínek hledá chyby, maminka za odměnu navaří. A šestnáctiletá plavkyně v bazénu září". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech).
  2. ^ "Barbora Seemanová". 2016 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Seemanová doplavala v Baku čtvrtá. Koukal i Gavnholt postoupili do play off z prvního místa". sport.cz (in Czech). Prague: Seznam.cz. 24 June 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Nejmladší českou olympioničkou bude v Riu plavkyně Seemanová". ČT Sport (in Czech). Czech Television. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Barbora Seemanová | Czech Olympic Committee". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Micka plaval pod patnáct minut, na finále patnáctistovky to nestačilo". iDNES (in Czech). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Seemanová na MEJ ovládla v českém rekordu kraulařský sprint". Blesk (in Czech). 1 July 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  8. ^ Čech, David (10 October 2018). "Zlatý sen plavkyně Seemanové. V královské disciplíně a v českém rekordu!". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. ^ Čech, David (11 October 2018). "Dva starty a dvě medaile. Seemanová po zlatu doplavala pro bronz". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  10. ^ Čech, David (13 October 2018). "Životní závody: Seemanová má z olympijského bazénu zlatý double!". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). Retrieved 24 October 2022.

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Awards
Preceded by Czech Junior Athlete of the Year
2018 		Succeeded by
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