HOLUB Tamila

Portugal

Swimming

Date of Birth: 15 May 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: CHERKASY

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Place of residence : BRAGA

Residence Country:

Portugal

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 800m Freestyle
	Women's 1500m Freestyle

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 1500m Freestyle - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 800m Freestyle - Heat 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	800Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (8:45.36)

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free
2014	Nanjing, CHN	H (2:06.91)	H (4:23.24)	13th (8:57.83)

World Championships

Year	Location	800Free	1500Free	4x200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (8:38.77)	H (16:29.57)	H (8:29.99)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (8:44.85)	H (16:24.05)	-

European Championships

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	1500Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	-	H (8:41.91)	8th (16:32.20)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (4:19.70)	H (8:47.10)	7th (16:26.82)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	400Free	800Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	-	H (8:29.58)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (4:18.76)	H (8:41.46)

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

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Medicine - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian

Club name:

Sporting Clube de Braga [Portugal]

Coach:

Luis Cameira [club], POR

Injuries:

Appendicitis meant she was unable to compete at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan. (Athlete, 04 Aug 2016)

Start:

She began swimming in 2006 in Braga, Portugal. (Athlete, 04 Aug 2016)

Reason:

Her parents encouraged her to take up the sport so she could improve her health which was affected by breathing issues. "I began training and it was like fun, but I also practised dance and other activities. Swimming was not something serious but a hobby. I didn't understand why it was necessary to do all that effort, I didn't know why training had to be that painful." At age 13 she then got hooked by the competition. "It was my first international competition and I finished in first place. That motivated in such a fantastic way." (Athlete, 04 Aug 2016; maisfutebol.iol.pt, 26 Mar 2020)

Philosophy:

"Go to your limit. Give everything you can." (Athlete, 04 Aug 2016)

Award:

While studying at North Carolina State University in the United States of America she was named to the Atlantic Coast Conference's All Academic team in 2018. (gopack.com, 01 Jun 2019)

In 2016 she received the Guerreiro do Ouro [Golden Warrior] Award as the Best Young Athlete of the Year from the Sporting Braga club in Portugal. (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 11 Feb 2020)

She was voted the 2015 Portuguese Swimmer of the Year. (Sporting Clube de Braga Facebook page, 18 Oct 2015)

General Interest

General
STUDYING IN USA
She plans to work in paediatrics once her sporting career is over. She studied medicine for two years at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC, United States of America, but decided to return to Portugal in 2019 to focus on her Olympic quest. "I had a 100% scholarship and didn't have to worry about anything, I just had to train and study. We are talking about the United States [swimming], the best in the world, and I really wanted to learn the most I could, either inside or outside the pool as well. I never stopped smiling because I knew that was a big opportunity. If I want to I could return because I still have two more years of my scholarship. Or I also could continue my studies in Portugal. [Being in the United States of America] was an experience that helped me finally to acknowledge me as a Portuguese. Having been so far away and having missed so much [country and family] made me realise that here is where I want to be." (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 26 Mar 2020; gopack.com, 01 Jun 2019)

FROM UKRAINE TO PORTUGAL
Born in Ukraine she and her family relocated to Portugal when she was three years old. "My parents came to Braga to work. And here is where I was raised. But I also was interested in the Ukrainian and Russian culture. The fact of knowing another culture gives me a wider vision. I learnt not to judge things from the beginning, but to analyse them from different perspectives. However I see myself completely as Portuguese." (maisfutebol.iol.pt, 26 Mar 2020)

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Legend

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

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