Đurđica Bjedov Explained

Đurđica Bjedov
Birth Name:Đurđa Bjedov
Birth Place:Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Height:170 cm
Weight:65 kg
Club:PK Mornar[1]
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Đurđa "Đurđica" Bjedov (born 5 April 1947) is a retired Croatian swimmer and the only Yugoslav Olympic champion in swimming.

Bjedov never won a medal at major international competitions, except for the 1968 Olympics, where she finished first in the 100 m breaststroke, breaking the Olympic record, and second in the 200 m breaststroke.[2] Her medley relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries though because she jumped into water too early. Later that year she was selected as the Yugoslav Athlete of the Year.

After retiring from competitions Bjedov worked as a swimming coach and raised her daughter Anamarija Petričević to become an Olympic swimmer.[3] They both now live in Locarno, Switzerland.[4] [5] Bjedov is the only Yugoslav swimmer inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165556/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bj/durdica-bjedov-1.html . Đurđica Bjedov . 2020-04-17 . dead.
  2. http://www.oks.org.rs/takmicenja/letnje-olimpijske-igre/istorija/xix-igre-meksiko-siti-1968/durda-bjedov/ Durđa Bjedov
  3. News: 8 hrvatskih kandidata za medalje . 8 August 2008 . . Vurušić . Vlado . Croatian . 9 August 2008 . 12 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080812084538/http://www.jutarnji.hr/peking/clanak/art-2008,8,8,,129244.jl . dead .
  4. http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/19991216/sport2.htm SLOBODNA DALMACIJA, ČETVRTAK 16. prosinca 1999. – sport: GUŠTAT ĆU, SILNO GUŠTAT!
  5. http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/19991230/sport2.htm SLOBODNA DALMACIJA, ČETVRTAK 30. prosinca 1999. – sport: SAMO ĐUKE NEMA ALTERNATIVE
  6. Web site: DJURDJICA BJEDOV (YUG) 1987 Honor Swimmer . ISHOF.org . . 23 April 2016 . 18 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160418003136/http://www.ishof.org/djurdjica-bjedov.html . dead .