Marica Stražmešter

Marica Stražmešter
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born28 August 1981 (1981-08-28) (age 43)
Kikinda, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Sport
SportSwimming

Marica Stražmešter (Serbian Cyrillic: Марица Cтражмештер, born 28 August 1981) is a two-time Serbian Olympic swimmer.[1] Stražmešter represented FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in 100 and 200m backstroke. She was 41th in 100 and 31th in 200 meters at the Olympics.[2] Eight years later, she represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 100m backstroke, where she did not progress to the semifinals although she set new national record.[3] She is the Serbian record holder in 100m backstroke both in long and short course pools.[4] She competed in Semifinals at European swimming championships, World championships.

Stražmešter became several times champion of Spain combining her swimming practices with her job as coach.[5] She moved to United States in 2014 and decided to work with youth in schools,[6]

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References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marica Štražmešter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Одбојкаши на врху пирамиде". Borba: 12. 5 October 2000.
  3. ^ "Marica Stražmešter nadmašila sebe". Borba: 11. 11 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Serbian National Records Women Long Course (50m)". Swimrankings. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Marica Stražmešter osvaja medalje na Copa de España". www.serbia-swim.org.rs. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Maričino srce veliko kao "Jezero": Plivačka legenda ne odustaje od treće Olimpijade, možda i ode u Tokio". Gradski Online. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2025.


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