Lana Pudar
Pudar in 2022
Personal information
Born (2006-01-19) 19 January 2006 (age 18)
Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
ClubKVS Orka Mostar
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Bosnia and Herzegovina
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Doha 200 m butterfly
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rome 200 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rome 100 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Otopeni 200 m butterfly
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 200 m butterfly
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Netanya 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Netanya 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2023 Netanya 50 m butterfly
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rome 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2022 Otopeni 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2021 Rome 200 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2022 Otopeni 100 m butterfly

Lana Pudar (born 19 January 2006) is a Bosnian competitive swimmer specializing in the butterfly events. She won a gold medal in the women's 200 m butterfly and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, a bronze medal in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships, and she competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Pudar is the national record holder in all six butterfly events,[4] and a Mediterranean Games record holder in the 100 m women's butterfly event.[5]

Career

In 2021, at the European Junior Championships, Pudar won a gold medal in the 100 m butterfly and silver medals in the 50 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly.[6]

As the second youngest swimmer at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she finished 19th in the women's 100 metre butterfly.[7]

At the 2021 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships, Pudar won bronze in the 200 m butterfly and brought Bosnia and Herzegovina its first ever senior international swimming medal.[8] At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships held in Rome, Pudar won gold in the 200 m butterfly and bronze in the 100 m butterfly, breaking national records in both finals.

Results

Individual

Long course

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021 Olympic Games Japan Tokyo, Japan[9] 19th (h) 100 m butterfly 58.32
2022 World Championships Hungary Budapest, Hungary 29th (h) 50 m butterfly 27.14
8th 100 m butterfly 58.44
6th 200 m butterfly 2:07.58
Mediterranean Games Algeria Oran, Algeria 5th 50 m butterfly 26.77
1st 100 m butterfly 57.55 GR
1st 200 m butterfly 2:09.18
European Championships Italy Rome, Italy 10th (sf) 50 m butterfly 26.56
3rd 100 m butterfly 57.27 NR
1st 200 m butterfly 2:06.81 NR
2023 World Championships Japan Fukuoka, Japan 10th (sf) 100 m butterfly 57.34
4th 200 m butterfly 2:07.05
2024 World Championships Qatar Doha, Qatar 3rd 200 m butterfly 2:07.92

Short course

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021 European Championships Russia Kazan, Russia[10][11][12] 15th (sf) 50 m butterfly 26.40
6th 100 m butterfly 56.78
5th 200 m butterfly 2:05.89
World Championships United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[8] 23rd (h) 50 m butterfly 26.37
7th 100 m butterfly 56.51
3rd 200 m butterfly 2:04.88
2022 World Championships Australia Melbourne, Australia[13][14][15] 33rd (h) 100 m freestyle 54.76
10th (sf) 100 m butterfly 56.71
5th 200 m butterfly 2:05.23
2023 European Championships Romania Otopeni, Romania[16][17] 6th 100 m butterfly 56.91
3rd 200 m butterfly 2:04.55 EJR

Personal bests

Event Result SP Competition Venue Date
Long course
50 m Butterfly 26.10 NR 820 Junior European Championships[18] Serbia Belgrade 9 July 2023
100 m Butterfly 56.95 NR 924 Junior European Championships[19] Serbia Belgrade 7 July 2023
200 m Butterfly 2:06.26 NR 897 Junior European Championships[20] Serbia Belgrade 8 July 2023
Short course
400 m Freestyle 4:10.83 NR 811 Mladost Grand Prix[21] Croatia Zagreb 13 November 2022
50 m Butterfly 26.09 NR 815 FINA World Cup[21] Russia Kazan 29 October 2021
100 m Butterfly 56.28 NR 912 World Championships[22] United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 20 December 2021
200 m Butterfly 2:04.55 NR 886 European Championships[17] Romania Otopeni 7 December 2023

Personal life

Lana is the daughter of former footballer Velibor Pudar.[23]

References

  1. ^ "Lana Pudar". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Lana Pudar swam the Olympic A Norm and broke the BIH Record". www.sarajevotimes.com. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Lana Pudar". olympics.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ Dornan, Ben (30 October 2021). "15-Year-Old Lana Pudar Breaks 3 Butterfly Bosnia and Herzegovina NRs in Kazan". SwimSwam.
  5. ^ "Swimming – 100m Butterfly Women – Final – Results" (PDF). Oran 2022. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Bosnian swimmers earn 1st-ever medals at Euro Juniors". swimswam.com.
  7. ^ Šljivak, M. (24 July 2021). "Lana Pudar bez polufinala Olimpijskih igara!". sportsport.ba (in Bosnian).
  8. ^ a b Race, Retta (17 December 2021). "15-Year-Old Lana Pudar Gives Bosnia & Herzegovina First Senior Int'l Medal". SwimSwam.
  9. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics - Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary" (PDF). IOC. 24 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  10. ^ "LEN EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's 50m Butterfly Semi-Final Summary" (PDF). kazan2021.microplustiming.com. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  11. ^ "LEN EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). kazan2021.microplustiming.com. 6 November 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  12. ^ "LEN EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). kazan2021.microplustiming.com. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  13. ^ "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS) December 13 - 18 - Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Summary" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  14. ^ "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS) December 13 - 18 - Women's 100m Butterfly Semi Finals Summary" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  15. ^ "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS) December 13 - 18 - Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  16. ^ "European Short Course Swimming Championships 2023 Results". heraklion23.gr. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  17. ^ a b "European Short Course Swimming Championships 2023 Results". heraklion23.gr. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  18. ^ "Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results" (PDF). swimrankings.net. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Lana Pudar Personal bests on Swimranks". www.swimrankings.net. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  22. ^ "15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) - Women's 100m Butterfly Semi-finals Summary" (PDF). www.omegatiming.com. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  23. ^ "Velibor Pudar: Moja je Lana svjetsko čudo, Mostar večeras neće spavati". Moj Cazin (in Bosnian). 13 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

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