Uroš Živanović (born 30 June 2005) is a Serbian competitive swimmer. He won the world junior title and gold medal in the 50-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2022 World Junior Championships. At the 2022 European Junior Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 50-metre breaststroke.
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| National team |  Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 2005[2] Serbia and Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dubočica[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Background
editŽivanović was born 30 June 2005 in Serbia.[2] He attends Gimnazija in Leskovac.[3][4] He trains with and competes for swim club Dubočica.[1]
Career
edit2021–2022
editIn July 2021, at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in Rome, Italy, Živanović placed ninth in the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 28.31 seconds, ninth in the 100-metre breaststroke with a time of 1:02.56, twelfth in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay, 57th in the 50-metre butterfly with a 26.92, and 72nd in the 50-metre freestyle with a time of 24.72 seconds.[5] At the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, held the following July in Otopeni, Romania, he won the bronze medal with a time of 27.69 seconds after swimming a personal best time of 27.64 seconds in the semifinals.[6][7] In the 200-metre breaststroke, he swam a personal best time of 2:18.86 in the preliminary heats before placing fourteenth overall in the semifinals with a 2:19.25.[6] In his third event of the Championships, the 100-metre breaststroke, he placed fourth with a time of 1:01.85, finishing 0.53 seconds behind bronze medalist Steijn Louter of the Netherlands.[6][8]
2022 European Aquatics Championships
editŽivanović qualified for the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, contested starting 11 August at Foro Italico in Rome, Italy, in the 100-metre breaststroke and also entered to compete in the 50-metre breaststroke, 50-metre freestyle, and 100-metre freestyle.[9] The first day of competition, he placed 33rd in the 100-metre breaststroke with a time of 1:03.00.[10][11] On the second day, he finished in a personal best time of 52.10 seconds in the 100-metre freestyle preliminary heats to place 67th overall.[12] Day four, he split a 50.59 for the anchor leg of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay to help place twelfth with a time of 3:18.15 in the preliminary heats.[13] In the 50-metre breaststroke preliminary heats on day five, he placed 32nd overall with a time of 28.47 seconds.[14][15] For his final event, he placed 66th in the 50-metre freestyle preliminary heats on day six with a personal best time of 23.98 seconds.[16]
2022 World Junior Championships
edit| 2022 World Junior Championships | ||
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50 m breaststroke | 27.70 |
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100 m breaststroke | 1:01.64 |
On day one of competition at the 2022 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru, Živanović ranked fourth in the preliminaries of the 100-metre breaststroke with a 1:02.64 and advanced to the semifinals.[17] In the evening semifinals, he lowered his time to a 1:02.46 and qualified for the final ranking seconds.[18][19] For the final the following day, he achieved a personal best time of 1:01.64 and won the silver medal, finishing 0.34 seconds behind gold medalist Luka Mladenovic of Austria.[20][21][22] Three days later, he finished in a time of 28.30 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 50-metre breaststroke, advancing to the semifinals ranking first.[23] Lowering his time to a 28.08 in the semifinals later in the day, he ranked first and qualified for the final.[24] In the final the next day, he won the gold medal with a time of 27.70 seconds, which was over five-tenths of a second ahead of silver medalist Alex Sabattani of Italy and bronze medalist Luka Mladenovic.[22][25][26][27] Returning home to Leskovac following his performances, he received a welcome reception at his school, Gimnazija, which included the director of the school.[3][4]
2022 Swimming World Cup
editAt the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup conducted in short course metres (25-metre pool) in October in Berlin, Germany, Živanović placed seventeenth in the 200-metre breaststrkoe with a 2:14.38, nineteenth in the 100-metre breaststroke with a 1:00.31, twenty-first in the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 27.56 seconds (1.12 seconds behind preliminary heats first-ranked Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy), thirty-ninth in the 100-metre individual medley with a 57.28, and ninety-sixth in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 51.12 seconds.[28]
International championships (50 m)
edit| Meet | 50 free | 100 free | 50 breast | 100 breast | 200 breast | 50 fly | 4×100 free | 4×100 mixed free |
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| Junior level | ||||||||
| EJC 2021 | 72nd | 9th | 9th | 57th | 12th | |||
| EJC 2022 |  |
4th | 14th | |||||
| WJC 2022 |  |
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| Senior level | ||||||||
| EC 2022 | 66th | 67th | 32nd | 33rd | 12th | |||
Personal best times
editLong course metres (50 m pool)
edit| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Ref | |
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| 50 m freestyle | 23.98 | h | 2022 European Aquatics Championships | Rome, Italy | 16 August 2022 | [16] |
| 100 m freestyle | 52.10 | h | 2022 European Aquatics Championships | Rome, Italy | 12 August 2022 | [12] |
| 50 m breaststroke | 27.64 | sf | 2022 European Junior Championships | Otopeni, Romania | 5 July 2022 | [6] |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:01.64 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Lima, Peru | 31 August 2022 | [20] | |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:18.86 | h | 2022 European Junior Championships | Otopeni, Romania | 7 July 2022 | [6] |
Legend: h – preliminary heat; sf – semifinal
Short course metres (25 m pool)
edit| Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Ref |
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| 50 m breaststroke | 27.33 | Prevstvo Srbije za kadete | Zrenjanin | 4 December 2021 | [29] |
| 100 m breaststroke | 59.74 | Prevstvo Srbije za kadete | Zrenjanin | 5 December 2021 | [1] |
| 100 m individual medley | 55.86 | Prevstvo Srbije za kadete | Zrenjanin | 4 December 2021 | [29] |
References
edit- ^ a b c "Prvenstvo Srbije za kadete , juniore i u apsolutnoj konkurenciji: Muški, 100m Prsno/Breast Otvoreno Rezultati Finale" (in Serbian). Serbian Swimming Federation. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Uros Zivanovic". FINA. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b Jovanović, J. (13 September 2022). "Veličanstven doček za šampiona Uroša Živanovića ispred leskovačke Gimnazije" (in Serbian). jugmedia.rs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Leskovačka Gimnazija dočekala svetskog juniorskog šampiona u plivanju" (in Serbian). Danas. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (12 July 2021). "LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d e LEN (10 July 2022). "Romania 2022 LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Uroš Živanović, bronzani junior Evrope" (in Serbian). jugpress.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Todorović, Vladimir (10 July 2022). "Živanović četvrti u Evropi na 100 prsno" (in Serbian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Mitić, M. (9 August 2022). "Leskovčani Nina Stanisavljević i Uroš Živanović u timu Srbije na Evropskom prvenstvu" (in Serbian). juznevesti.com. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (11 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Breaststroke Men Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Todorović, Vladimir (11 August 2022). "Skroman učinak Srba u Rimu" (in Serbian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b LEN (12 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 100m Freestyle Men Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (14 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 4x100m Freestyle Men Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ LEN (15 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Breaststroke Men Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Todorović, Vladimir (15 August 2022). "Nina Stanisavljević i Uroš Živanović bez polufinala na EP" (in Serbian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b LEN (16 August 2022). "European Aquatics Championships Roma 2022: Results 50m Freestyle Men Preliminary". Microplus. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ FINA (30 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ FINA (30 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Todorović, Vladimir (31 August 2022). "Tri finala za Srbiju na SP za juniore" (in Serbian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b FINA (31 August 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "Uroš Živanović iz leskovačkog Plivačkog kluba "Dubočica" osvojio srebro na Svetskom prvenstvu" (in Serbian). jugpress.com. 1 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ a b Stojmenović, Dragutin (7 September 2022). "Nina Stanisavljević i Uroš Živanović bez polufinala na EP" (in Serbian). telegraf.rs. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ FINA (3 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ FINA (4 September 2022). "8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships Lima (PER): Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ Todorović, Vladimir (5 September 2022). "Uroš Živanović pokorio planetu!" (in Serbian). Sport Klub. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ "PODVIG ZA DIVLJENJE: Mladi srpski plivač Uroš Živanović šampion sveta" (in Serbian). srbijadanas.com. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
- ^ FINA (23 October 2022). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Results Book". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Apsolutni rekord Anje Crevar trećeg dana Prvenstva Srbije" (in Serbian). swim-on.rs. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2022.