Teja Zupan Explained

Teja Zupan
Strokes:Open water
Club:PK Radovljica
Birth Date:4 December 1990
Birth Place:Radovljica, SR Slovenia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Weight:600NaN0
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Teja Zupan (born 4 December 1990, in Radovljica) is a Slovenian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.[1] Zupan qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing tenth in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[2] [3] Zupan swam in the first-ever women's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including South African amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit, British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, and sixteen-year-old American Chloe Sutton. Zupan finished the race in twelfth place, with a total time of 1:59:43.7, sixteen seconds behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.[4]

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  1. Teja Zupan. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/zu/teja-zupan-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 16 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Eleven women qualify for first Olympic 10km swim. Women Sport Report. 2 June 2008. 16 January 2013.
  3. News: Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics . . 30 May 2008 . 16 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140329044146/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/18147.asp . 29 March 2014 .
  4. Web site: Women's Marathon 10km . . 16 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821024437/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW119100/index.html . 21 August 2012 .