Nina Sovinek

Nina Sovinek
Personal information
Full name Nina Sovinek
National team  Slovenia
Born (1985-05-26) 26 May 1985
Velenje, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club PK Olimpija
Coach Aleš Poljak

Nina Sovinek (born May 26, 1985) is a Slovenian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented her nation Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also served as a member of the Slovenian Olympic Swimming Club (Slovene: Plavalni klub Olimpija Slovenija) under head coach Aleš Poljak.[2]

Sovinek competed for the Slovenian swimming team in a sprint freestyle double at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she snatched the 50 m freestyle title with a sterling 26.27 to sneak under the FINA B-cut (26.32) by 0.05 seconds at the Slovenia Open in Ljubljana, and then picked up the 100 m freestyle to her program by finishing with a thirteenth-place time in 56.11 at the European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands.[3][4] In the 100 m freestyle, Sovinek fell short to last place in heat three and forty-third overall with a steady 57.30.[5] Two days later, in the 50 m freestyle, Sovinek touched the wall ahead of a stiff challenge from Elaine Chan for the fourth spot in heat seven and forty-fourth overall by 0.05 of a second, finishing with a time of 26.54.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Nina Sovinek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 28 November 2012.
  2. ↑ "Nina Sovinek v polfinalu" [Nina Sovinek in the semifinals] (in Slovenian). 24ur. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "2008 LEN European Aquatics Championships (Eindhoven, Netherlands) – Women's 100m Freestyle Semifinals" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 50m Freestyle" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 45. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  6. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 7". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 28 November 2012.

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