Disqualified at 2021 European Ch. Gold at 2021 Junior European Ch. Finished 5th at 2019 European Youth Olympics Festival. At age 15, she has to balance the demands of being an athlete and a high school student. 'There is always some catching up to do, some assignments I turn in late. I try not to forget about them, and I have the possibility of individual classes which makes things easier.'
Finished 7th at 2019 WCh, 10th in 2017. Bronze at 2021, 2018 European Ch. In other events - 18th in 100m back at 2020 OG. Her brother Gergely has played water polo for Orvosegyetem SC in the Hungarian league. Her motto: 'Wake up, work hard, look hot, kick ass.'
Finished 7th at 2016 OG. Finished 16th at 2019 WCh, 12th in 2017, 18th in 2015. Gold at 2018 Asian Games. Silver at 2016 Asian Ch. At age six, her parents took her to swimming lessons to improve her health. A year later, coach WU Guozhong noticed her talent for the sport and encouraged her to start training.
Silver at 2019 WCh, 4th in 2017. Placed 4th at 2018 CWG. Bronze at 2018 YOG. In other events - gold in 100m backstroke at 2020 OG. Current WR and OR holder in 100m back. Sister Taylor won 4x100m medley silver at 2016 OG. Her father Sholto died in 2020. 'My dad always said he would love to have seen us swim at the 2020 Olympics together. That's my biggest goal, to tick that box off for him.'
Bronze at 2019 WCh, 5th in 2017. Gold at 2018 CWG. Won 2015 NCh. In other events - silver in 100m back at 2020 OG, bronze in 2016. Placed 5th in 4x100m medley relay at 2016 OG. Before the 100m backstroke final at the 2016 OG in Rio, she and coach Byron MACDONALD (CAN) made a bet that if she could top MACDONALD's sixth place at the 1972 OG, he would buy her tickets to see hip-hop star Drake.
Finished 22nd at 2019 WCh. Bronze at 2018 Asian Games. In other events - finished 12th in 100m backstroke at 2020 OG. Gold in 4x100m medley relay at 2018 YOG. In 2018, she was named an Elite Athlete of International Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. Began swimming at age five.
Finished 14th at 2019 WCh, 15th in 2017. Gold at 2018 YOG. Silver at 2016 Junior European Ch, bronze in 2018, 2017. In other events - 28th in 100m back at 2020 OG. Credits national coaches Evgheni CARABETCHI and Denis GLUHOVCENCO with influencing her life beyond the pool, having helped look after her when her father died at an early age. 'It is thanks to them that I became an athlete.'
Finished 14th at 2021 European Ch, 16th in 2018. She believes the closure of swimming pools during the Covid-19 pandemic made her physically stronger as she dedicated more time to fitness training. 'I honestly feel that during Covid-19 when the pools were closed I got stronger, because I did a lot of fitness training at home. When we went back to swimming I really felt a change.'
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