Anže Tavčar Explained

Anže Tavčar
Strokes:Freestyle
Collegeteam:Indiana Hoosiers
Club:Plavalni Klub Ljubljana
Birth Date:2 December 1994
Birth Place:Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height:1.86 m
Weight:174 lb

Anže Tavčar (born 2 December 1994) is a Slovenian competitive swimmer, who specializes in sprint freestyle events. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he competed in the men's 100 meter freestyle and men's 200 meter freestyle.[1] His career's most notable performance remains 100 meters freestyle at the 2016 LEN European Aquatics Championships where he, with the time of 0:48.88, became the first Slovenian swimmer as well as the first Indiana Hoosier to break the 49 second barrier.[2]

Tavčar enrolled at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry in 2018 and is scheduled to receive his degree in May 2022.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Anze Tavcar . Rio 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806030117/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/anze-tavcar . 6 August 2016 . dead .
  2. Web site: Indiana's Tavcar Qualifies for Rio Olympics with Team Slovenia . Indiana University . 7 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908063810/http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2016/5/19/mens-swimming-and-diving-indianas-tavcar-qualifies-for-rio-olympics-with-team-slovenia.aspx?path=mswim . 8 September 2017 . live .
  3. Web site: Former Olympian studies dentistry at University of Louisville . Christie . Battista . WDRB . Louisville, KY . 8 August 2021 . 8 August 2021.