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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Radovljica, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 December 1990
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
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Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Open water |
Club | PK 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]
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Radovljica, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 December 1990
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Open water |
Club | PK 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]