Jana Korbasová

Jana Korbasová
Personal information
Full name Jana Korbasová
National team  Slovakia
Born (1974-03-20) 20 March 1974
Košice, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, medley

Jana Korbasová (born March 20, 1974) is a Slovak former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and in individual medley events.[1] She represented Slovakia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became a sixth-place finalist in the 200 m backstroke (2:12.81) at the European Short Course Championships in Valencia, Spain on that same year.[2][3] Since her retirement came in 2001, Korbasova currently serves as the acting head coach for Howick Pakuranga Swim Club in New Zealand.[4]

Korbasova competed only in two individual events at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved FINA B-standards of 2:20.38 (200 m backstroke) from the Slovakia Grand Prix in Bratislava and 4:55.45 (400 m individual medley) from the European Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[5][6][7] On the first day of the Games, Korbasova placed twenty-fourth in the 400 m individual medley. Swimming in heat one, she came up with a spectacular swim on the dominant backstroke leg to overhaul a five-minute barrier and pick up a second seed in 4:59.05, nearly five seconds behind the leader Georgina Bardach of Argentina.[8][9] Five days later, in the 200 m backstroke, Korbasova edged out Hungary's Annamária Kiss on the final stretch to establish a Slovak record and a sixth-seeded time of 2:19.37 from heat two, but her relentless effort was worthy enough for a twenty-seventh spot on the morning prelims.[10][11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "Jana Korbasová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "2000 European Short Course Swimming Championships (Valencia, Spain) – Women's 200m Backstroke Final" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Plávanie: Korbašová a Kaňuk ukončili kariéru" [Swimming: Korbášová and Kaňuk end career] (in Slovak). Pravda. 16 October 2003. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ↑ McPherson, David (2 October 2013). "Abundant Triathlon Potential". Times Online. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "2000 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Helsinki, Finland) – Women's 400m Medley Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 329. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  9. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 299. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Women's 200m Backstroke)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming Results (September 21, 2000)". Sydney 2000. ESPN. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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