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Teja Zupan
Personal information
Nationality Slovenia
Born (1990-12-04) 4 December 1990 (age 33)
Radovljica, SR Slovenia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesOpen water
ClubPK Radovljica

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]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Teja Zupan". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Eleven women qualify for first Olympic 10km swim". Women Sport Report. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Open Water Test Event: Chloe Sutton Wins 10K, Qualifies for Olympics". Swimming World Magazine. 30 May 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Women's Marathon 10km". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2013.