Anamarija Petričević, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Anamarija Petričević

Croatian swimmer

Date of Birth: 23-Aug-1972

Place of Birth: Split, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Profession: swimmer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Anamarija Petricevic (born 23 August 1972) is a retired Croatian swimmer. Anamarija Petricevic is a daughter of Ðurdica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Petricevic competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
She failed to advance past round one in 200 m breaststroke and 400 m individual medley, but made the B final in 200 m individual medley.
In 1989 she won the 5 km gold medal at the European Open Water Swimming Championships held in Stari Grad. Petricevic retired from swimming in 1993.
As of 1999, she lives in Locarno, Switzerland, where she works as a swimming coach. As of 2014 Petricevic holds the following senior national records (all set in 1988): 50 meter pool 400 m freestyle (4:19.21) 400 m individual medley (4:46.33) 25 meter pool 400 individual medley (4:42.09)Her long-standing national record in 200 m individual medley (2:16.38, 1988) was surpassed by Kim Daniela Pavlin in May 2012.