Velimir Stjepanović

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Velimir Stjepanović
Velimir Stjepanovic.jpg
Stjepanović in 2020.
Personal information
Nickname(s)Velja
NationalitySerbian
Born (1993-08-07) August 7, 1993 (age 28)
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly, freestyle
ClubDC Trident[1]
Partizan
Medal record
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Doha 400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2014 Berlin 400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2016 London 200 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2013 Herning 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Herning 400 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 4×100 m medley
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2010 Singapore 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore 100 m butterfly
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belgrade 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belgrade 100 m butterfly
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tampere 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2009 Tampere 100 m freestyle

Velimir Stjepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Велимир Стјепановић; born 7 August 1993) is a Serbian professional swimmer currently representing DC Trident at the International Swimming League. He has won gold medals at the European Championships, European Short Course Championships and Mediterranean Games.

Youth and Junior Career[]

Born in Abu Dhabi, to Bosnian Serb parents, he chose to represent Serbia in the international swimming competitions. The Serbian youngster started swimming when he was barely six, mainly for fitness. However, by the time he was 12 his path crossed with that of coach Chris Tidey, who had relocated to Dubai from Cambridge. After a brief six-month training regimen under Tidey, Stjepanović won his first medal, a bronze, at a competition in England. He also studied in one of GEMS schools.

Velimir competed at the 2009 European Youth Olympic Festival. He won a gold medal in 100m butterfly and silver in 100m Freestyle. At the 2010 Youth Olympic Games, he was a Serbian flagbearer and won 2 medals, silver in 100m Freestley and bronze in 100m butterfly therefore Olympic Committee of Serbia has declared him the best young athlete in 2010.[2] Stjepanović won gold medals in the 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships.

Senior career[]

2011[]

He represented Serbia at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai,[3] where he competed in 100 and 400n freestyle and 200m butterfly. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships held in Szczecin he came 5th in final of 200m butterfly.[4]

2012[]

Stjepanović competed at the 2012 European Aquatics Championships and took 5th place in Men's 200m butterfly Final. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, he finished 6th of Men's 200m butterfly Final. In the preliminary round he broke the Serbian national record and qualified for the semi finals with the 3rd time overall.

2013[]

At the 2013 Mediterranean Games held in Mersin, Turkey he won the gold medal in 200m and 400m freestyle and 200m butterfly. Stjepanović competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships and qualified for the semi final of 200m freestyle and 200m butterfly while he finished 18th in the 400m freestyle. At the end of the year, Stjepanović won gold medal in 200m butterfly, bronze in 400m freestyle and finished 5th in 200m freestyle at the 2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships.

2014 World Championships (25m)[]

At the 2014 FINA Short Course World Championships in Doha, Stjepanovic won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle. http://www.swimstar2000.net/all/doha/Doha-2014-SRB.htm [5]

International Swimming League[]

Stjepanovic was a member of the inaugural International Swimming League (ISL) representing DC Trident. He competed at the first two matches held in Indianapolis, Indiana, and Naples, Italy, as well as in the American Derby held in College Park, Maryland. [6]

Career best times[]

Event Time Record Meet
Long course
100 m freestyle 48.50 2016 Euro Meet
200 m freestyle 1:45.78 NR 2014 European Championships
400 m freestyle 3:45.66 NR 2014 European Championships
200m butterfly 1:54.99 NR 2012 Olympic Games

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gibbs, Robert (June 11, 2019). "natalie-coughlin-to-return-to-competition-with-the-dc-tridentfor-2019-international-swimming-league-finale". SwimSwam.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Cameron, Neil (July 19, 2011). "Size matters for Dubai swimmer Stjepanovic as he heads for Shangha". The National. UAE.
  4. ^ TANJUG, Agencija (December 10, 2011). "Stjepanović peti na 200 metara leptir". Kurir. SRB.
  5. ^ "Stjepanovic missed to reach finals in the M 200 fly". Swim Star 2000. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  6. ^ D'Addona, Dan (June 11, 2019). "Katie Ledecky Cody Miller Lead DC Trident Roster for International Swimming League". Swimming World Magazine.

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