Ivan Martinović (born 26 March 2001) is a Serbian artistic swimmer. In 2022, he became the first man to win a bronze medal in a solo male artistic swimming event at a LEN European Aquatics Championships, winning the bronze medal in the solo technical routine at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships.
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| Born | 26 March 2001[1] Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Artistic swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Solo technical routine, Solo free routine, Mixed duet technical routine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
editMartinović was born 26 March 2001 and is a student at the University of Belgrade.[1][2]
Career
edit2022 European Aquatics Championships
editAt the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in August in Rome, Italy, solo male artistic swimming events were included in the program for the first time.[3][4] On the second day of competition, 12 August, Martinović scored 58.8834 points in the final of the first solo male event, the solo technical routine, and won the bronze medal, which made him the first male artistic swimmer to win a bronze medal in a solo event at a LEN European Aquatics Championships.[5][6][7][8][9] He shared the podium with first gold medalist Giorgio Minisini of Italy and first silver medalist Fernando Díaz del Río of Spain.[4][3][6][10] Two days later, in the final of the solo free routine, he scored 68.5333 points, placing fourth within 10 points of bronze medalist Quentin Rakotomalala of France.[11][12][13] With his fourth-place finish, he became the first man to compete in the solo free routine at a LEN European Aquatics Championships, place, and not earn a medal.[14] In his third and final event, the mixed duet technical routine the following day, he and partner Jelena Kontić placed fifth with a score of 68.1061 points, which was 7.4853 points behind the duo of Jozef Solymosy and Silvia Solymosyová from Slovakia who won the bronze medal and 21.2618 points behind Giorgio Minisini and Lucrezia Ruggiero of Italy who won the gold medal.[15][16]
International championships
edit| Meet | solo technical routine | solo free routine | mixed duet technical routine |
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| EC 2022 |  (58.8834) |
4th (68.5333) |
5th (68.1061) |
References
edit- ^ a b LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Start List Men's Solo Technical Final". Microplus. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "IVANU MARTINOVIĆU BRONZA U RIMU: Medalja za srpskog studenta na Evropskom prvenstvu u vodenim sportovima" (in Serbian). Novosti a.d.. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b Ravelli, Arianna (12 August 2022). "Europei, Giorgio Minisini oro nel nuoto sincronizzato solo tecnico" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Artistic swimming men finally get the pool to themselves". France 24. 13 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Martinoviću bronza na EP u sinhronom plivanju" (in Serbian). B92. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ a b "SRBIJA, ZEMLJA SPORTA! Ivan Martinović osvojio evropsku bronzu solo-nastupom u sinhronom plivanju" (in Serbian). Novosti a.d.. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Martinović osvojio bronzu u sinhronom plivanju na Evropskom prvenstvu" (in Serbian). Politika. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "BRONZA ZA SRBIJU: Martinović TREĆI u Evropi - Barna u finalu!" (in Serbian). srbijadanas.com. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Đurđević, Lazar (13 August 2022). "Senzacionalan uspeh: Ivan Martinović upisao sebe i Srbiju u istoriju, osvojio medalju na EP u sinhronom plivanju" (in Serbian). Blic. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Men's Solo Technical Final". Microplus. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (14 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Men's Solo Free Final". Microplus. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Marta, Laura (14 August 2022). "Fernando Díaz, plata en el solo libre" (in Spanish). ABC. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Todić, Maja (14 August 2022). "Martinović bez druge medalje na Evropskom prvenstvu u Rimu" (in Serbian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Minisini wins second men's artistic swimming gold". France 24. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results Mixed Duet Technical Final". Microplus. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Adami, Davide (15 August 2022). "LIVE Nuoto artistico, Europei 2022 in DIRETTA: chiusura col botto! Oro, argento e bronzo per gli azzurri!" (in Italian). OA Sport. Retrieved 7 September 2022.