Swimming Career
Martina
is one of the most decorated female swimmers of all time. Her
incredible collection consists of 67 medals: 2-Olympic, 22-World
and 43-European medals. She broke 3-World, 16-European and
207-Slovak national records during her long lasting career. She
is also destined to go down in the FINA World Cup history for
winning amazing 105-gold medals and becoming the overall winner
of the World Cup Series three times.
Download:
A copmlete list of
championship results season by season 1991 - 2006
(pdf).
For her amazing results she has been awarded many prestigious
awards, including the highest presidential award/honor - the
Three Crosses in 2002. She was voted country's Best Athelete of
the Year six times. For a complete list of her awards, honors
and recognitions download:
Slovak honors, awards and
recognitions (pdf)
Career Highlights
5-time Olympian
(1992,1996,2000,2004 and 2008)
2-time Olympic Silver Medalist – Sydney 2000
7-time Word Short Course Champion
3-time Silver and 2-time Bronze Long Course World Championship
Medalist
3-time European Long Course Champion
19-time European Short Course Champion
5-time World University Games Champion
14-time NCAA Champion
26-time Conference Champion
4-time US National Champion
10-time US Open Champion
Championships Stats
Olympic Games
Participations: 5 (1992, 1996,
2000, 2004 a 2008)
Medal Tally: 2 (0 - 2
- 0)
World LC Championships
Participations: 7 (1994, 1998,
2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Medal Tally: 5 (0 - 3
- 2)
World SC Championships
Participations: 8 (1993, 1995,
1997,1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006)
Medal Tally: 17 (7 -5
- 5)
European LC Champioships
Participations: 9 (1993,
1995,1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012)
Medal Tally: 14 (3 -
10 - 1)
European SC Champioships
Participations: 10 (1994, 1996,
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
Medal Tally: 29 (19 -
8 - 2)
While at Southern
Methodit University (1995-1999)
The 1999 NCAA Swimmer of the Year and Honda Award Winner for
Swimming & Diving, Martina dominated the collegiate swimming in
the late 1990s. She won 10 individual NCAA titles during her
career at SMU, the second-best total in NCAA history. Overall,
she won 14 NCAA titles as a Mustang, including four straight 200
free titles, becoming the first swimmer since Stanford’s Jenny
Thompson to win the same event four times in a row. Martina
ended her collegiate career as a 25-time All-American, and also
winning amazing 26 conference (SWC & WAC) titles. In 2008, she
was inducted into SMU Hall of Fame.
Download:
A list of Collegiate Awards
(pdf) |
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