GUNES Viktoria

Date of Birth: 19 Jun 1998

Age: 23

Gender: Female

Place of birth: POLTAVA

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : ISTANBUL

Residence Country:

Turkey

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 200m Individual Medley
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay TUR Turkey

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Individual Medley - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	400IndMed
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	SF (1:07.41)	SF (2:23.49)	H (4:41.79)

World Championships - Individual Freestyle, Backstroke, Breaststroke and Butterfly events

Year	Location	50Breast	100Breast	200Breast
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	H (1:09.05)	H (2:27.67)
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	H (1:10.30)	H (2:28.68)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (31.45)	H (1:07.60)	SF (2:24.01)
2013	Barcelona, ESP	H (31.63)	6th (1:06.81)	5th (2:23.01)

World Championships - Medley and Relay events

Year	Location	200IndMed	400IndMed	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	SF (2:12.40)	H (4:46.01)	H (3:43.03)	H (3:31.38)	H (4:05.72)	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (2:13.56)	H (4:42.27)	-	-	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	SF (2:11.46)	-	-	-	H (4:06.34)	H (DSQ)

European Championships

Year	Location	50Breast	100Breast	200Breast	200IndMed	400IndMed	4x100Free W	4x100Medley W
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	H (1:08.83)	-	SF (2:12.79)	-	H (3:44.74)	H (4:04.01)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (32.05)	H (1:09.70)	SF (2:27.14)	6th (2:12.17)	H (4:47.63)	-	H (4:10.99)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Breast	200Breast	100IndMed	200IndMed	400IndMed	4x50Medley W	4x100Free	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:07.39)	H (2:26.82)	H (1:01.66)	H (2:15.11)	H (4:40.67)	H (1:51.25)	8th (3:41.25)	H (4:00.48)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Previous names:

Viktoriya Solntseva

Occupation:

Hospitality Management - Ozyegin University, Istanbul, TUR

Languages spoken:

English, Ukrainian

Enka SK [Istanbul, TUR]

2013 for Ukraine (basedistanbul.com, 18 Jul 2016)

She began swimming at age seven in Poltava, Ukraine. (sportclub-isd.com, 10 Dec 2014)

"It was really hard to stay away from this sport. My mother is a swimming coach and my aunt is also a national swimmer. Therefore, swimming has always been in my life." (esquire.com.tr, 19 Jun 2018)

She was named Swimmer of the Meet at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Singapore. (swimswam.com, 31 Aug 2015)

In 2012 she received the title of Master of Sport in Ukraine. (pluvane.net, 15 Aug 2013; 0532.ua, 27 Nov 2012)

General Interest

General
FROM UKRAINE TO TURKEY
Born in Ukraine, she initially competed for her country of birth at international level, including at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. In March 2014 she and her family moved to Istanbul, Turkey. As part of the move she changed her name and switched nationality to compete for Turkey. "It was not easy to make the decision to come to Turkey, but it is good to be in Turkey. I feel like a more peaceful, happy and valuable person in Turkey." (np.pl.ua, 16 Apr 2021; onedio.com, 01 Aug 2016; swimvortex.com, 31 Mar 2015; sportclub-isd.com, 10 Dec 2014)

OTHER STUDIES
She has studied international relations at MEF University in Maslak, Turkey. (Facebook profile, 13 Apr 2020; MEF Universitesi Facebook page, 12 Aug 2018)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/viktoria.solnceva
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Viktoria-Zeynep-Günes-478469945657692/
https://instagram.com/viktoriagunes
VK Profile: http://vk.com/id38796746

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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