Lana Pudar
Bosnian swimmer (born 2006)
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Lana Pudar (Serbian Cyrillic: Лана Пудар; born 19 January 2006) is a Bosnian competitive swimmer specializing in the butterfly events. She won the gold medal in the women's 200 m butterfly and a bronze medal in the women's 100 m butterfly at the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, and a bronze in the women's 200 m butterfly at the 2021 FINA World Swimming Championships. She competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.[2][3]
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| Born | 19 January 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | KVS Orka Mostar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Pudar is the national record holder in all six butterfly events,[4] and a Mediterranean Games record holder in the 100 m women's butterfly event.[5]
Career
In 2021, at the European Junior Championships, Pudar won the gold medal in the 100 m butterfly and silver medals in the 50 m butterfly and 200 m butterfly.[6]
As the second youngest swimmer at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she finished 19th in the women's 100 metre butterfly.[7]
At the 2021 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships, Pudar won bronze in the 200 m butterfly and brought Bosnia and Herzegovina its first ever senior international swimming medal.[8] At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships held in Rome, Pudar won gold in the 200 m butterfly and bronze in the 100 m butterfly, breaking national records in both finals.
Personal life
Lana is the daughter of former footballer Velibor Pudar.[9]
Results
Individual
Long course
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||
| 2021 | Olympic Games |  Tokyo, Japan[10] |
19th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 58.32 |
| 2022 | World Championships |  Budapest, Hungary |
29th (h) | 50 m butterfly | 27.14 |
| 8th | 100 m butterfly | 58.44 | |||
| 6th | 200 m butterfly | 2:07.85 | |||
| Mediterranean Games |  Oran, Algeria |
5th | 50 m butterfly | 26.77 | |
| 1st | 100 m butterfly | 57.55 GR | |||
| 1st | 200 m butterfly | 2:09.18 | |||
| European Championships |  Rome, Italy |
10th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 26.56 | |
| 3rd | 100 m butterfly | 57.27 NR | |||
| 1st | 200 m butterfly | 2:06.81 NR | |||
| 2023 | World Championships | Fukuoka, Japan |
10th (sf) | 100 m butterfly | 57.34 |
| 4th | 200 m butterfly | 2:07.05 | |||
| 2024 | World Championships |  Doha, Qatar |
3rd | 200 m butterfly | 2:07.92 |
| European Championships |  Belgrade, Serbia |
8th | 100 m butterfly | 59.01 | |
| 2nd | 200 m butterfly | 2:08.15 | |||
| Olympic Games |  Paris, France |
17th (h) | 100 m butterfly | 57.97 | |
| 12th (sf) | 200 m butterfly | 2:08.74 | |||
Short course
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina | |||||
| 2021 | European Championships |  Kazan, Russia[11][12][13] |
15th (sf) | 50 m butterfly | 26.40 |
| 6th | 100 m butterfly | 56.78 | |||
| 5th | 200 m butterfly | 2:05.89 | |||
| World Championships |  Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates[8] |
23rd (h) | 50 m butterfly | 26.37 | |
| 7th | 100 m butterfly | 56.51 | |||
| 3rd | 200 m butterfly | 2:04.88 | |||
| 2022 | World Championships |  Melbourne, Australia[14][15][16] |
33rd (h) | 100 m freestyle | 54.76 |
| 10th (sf) | 100 m butterfly | 56.71 | |||
| 5th | 200 m butterfly | 2:05.23 | |||
| 2023 | European Championships |  Otopeni, Romania[17][18] |
6th | 100 m butterfly | 56.91 |
| 3rd | 200 m butterfly | 2:04.55 EJR | |||
Personal bests
| Event | Result | SP | Competition | Venue | Date |
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| 50 m Butterfly | 26.10 NR | 820 | Junior European Championships[19] | Belgrade | 9 July 2023 |
| 100 m Butterfly | 56.95 NR | 924 | Junior European Championships[20] | Belgrade | 7 July 2023 |
| 200 m Butterfly | 2:06.26 NR | 897 | Junior European Championships[21] | Belgrade | 8 July 2023 |
| Short course | |||||
| 400 m Freestyle | 4:10.83 NR | 811 | Mladost Grand Prix[22] |  Zagreb | 13 November 2022 |
| 50 m Butterfly | 26.09 NR | 815 | FINA World Cup[22] | Kazan | 29 October 2021 |
| 100 m Butterfly | 56.28 NR | 912 | World Championships[23] | Abu Dhabi | 20 December 2021 |
| 200 m Butterfly | 2:04.55 NR | 886 | European Championships[18] | Otopeni | 7 December 2023 |
- This list only includes times above 800 Swimming points.
