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Viktoria Zeynep Güneş

Viktoria Zeynep Güneş[1] (born Viktoria Solntseva, Ukrainian: Вікторія Солнцева, 19 June 1998) is a Ukraine-born Turkish (since 2014)[2] swimmer.[3] She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Viktoria Zeynep Güneş
Güneş in 2022
Personal information
Birth nameViktoria Solnceva
Born (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998 (age 26)
Poltava, Ukraine
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubEnergy Standard International Swim Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Turkey
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2021 Kazan 400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netanya 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kazan 200 m medley
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 400 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2021 Konya 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2021 Konya 400 m individual medley
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tarragona 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 4×100 m medley
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 200 m medley
Representing  Ukraine
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2013 Dubai 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Dubai 100 m breaststroke
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Poznan 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2013 Poznan 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2013 Poznan 100 m breaststroke

Career

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For Ukraine

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Solnceva competed for Ukraine at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai and the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. Solnceva is the current Ukrainian record holder in 100m and 200m breaststroke.

For Turkey

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Gunes competed in the 100m breaststroke in seniors at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, narrowly missing a semi-final birth as she placed 17th. She represented Turkey in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, where she reached the semi-finals (top 16) of the 100m breaststroke, placing 15th in the preliminary heats. She swam in the heats of 400m medley 4.41.79 and did not advance. In the 100m breaststroke heats, she qualified for the semifinals with 1.07.14, however in the semifinals swam 1.07.41 and did not advance.[4]

At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, she represented Turkey, and won four gold medals. In the 200 meter breaststroke she broke the junior world record with a time of 2:19.64, just 0.53 off the senior world record.[5] She also broke the junior world record in the 200 meter individual medley. FINA named her "female swimmer of the meet".[6]

At the Budapest meet of the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, she took the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke event,[7] and the bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley event.[8] She won the gold medal in the 400 m individual medley event at the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia, becoming the first Turkish swimmer to be a European champion. With her time of 4:30.45.4 she also improved her own Turkish record in this event.[9]

International Swimming League

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In the Autumn of 2019, she was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.[10]

Awards and honors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Viktoria Zeynep Güneş". olimpedya.olimpiyat.org.tr (in Turkish). Turkish National Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Türkiye, Hürrem'den çok beni tanıyacak" [Turkey will know me more than Hurrem]. haber7.com (in Turkish). 4 December 2014. Viktorya Zeynep Güneş, ilk röportajında "Türkiye, Hürrem'den çok beni tanıyacak" dedi. [Viktorya Zeynep Güneş said in her first interview, "Turkey will know me more than Hurrem."]
  3. ^ "Виктория Солнцева – детето-чудо на Украина" [Victoria Solntseva - the child prodigy of Ukraine]. pluvane.net (in Bulgarian). Archived from the original on 8 September 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Viktoria Zeynep Gunes". Rio 2016 Olympics. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015. GUNES Viktoria Zeynep
  6. ^ "Swimming World Juniors, Day 6, Singapore: Gunes's blast would have earned her the title in Kazan as well!". FINA. 30 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015. Victoria Gunes
  7. ^ "Milli yüzücü Viktoria Zeynep Güneş'ten altın madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  8. ^ Boztepe, Muhammed (10 October 2021). "Viktoria Zeynep Güneş, Dünya Yüzme Kupası'nda bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Milli yüzücü Viktoria Zeynep Güneş'ten tarihi başarı". NTV (in Turkish). 2 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". isl.global. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Swimming World Cup: Top 10 Moments"". FINA. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021. Viktoria Gunes
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