Nationality: | Serbian |
Birth Place: | Kikinda, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Marica Stražmešter (Serbian Cyrillic: Марица Cтражмештер, born 28 August 1981) is a two-time Serbian Olympic swimmer.[1] Stražmešter represented FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in 100 and 200m backstroke. Eight years later, she represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in 100m backstroke. She is the Serbian record holder in 100m backstroke both in long and short course pools.[2] She competed in Semifinals at European swimming championships, World championships.
Stražmešter became several times champion of Spain combining her swimming practices with her job as coach. She moved to United States in 2014 and decided to work with youth in schools