Lana Pudar Explained

Lana Pudar
Birth Date:19 January 2006
Birth Place:Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Strokes:Butterfly
Club:KVS Orka Mostar

Lana Pudar (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]

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.

Results

Individual

Long course

Representing
2021Olympic Gamesalign=left Tokyo, Japan[9] 19th (h)100 m butterfly58.32
2022World Championshipsalign=left rowspan=3 Budapest, Hungary29th (h)50 m butterfly27.14
8th100 m butterfly58.44
6th200 m butterfly2:07.58
Mediterranean Gamesalign=left rowspan=3 Oran, Algeria5th50 m butterfly26.77
bgcolor=gold1st100 m butterfly57.55 GR
bgcolor=gold1st200 m butterfly2:09.18
European Championshipsalign=left rowspan=3 Rome, Italy10th (sf)50 m butterfly26.56
bgcolor=cc9663rd100 m butterfly57.27 NR
bgcolor=gold1st200 m butterfly2:06.81 NR
2023World Championshipsalign=left rowspan=2 Fukuoka, Japan10th (sf)100 m butterfly57.34
4th200 m butterfly2:07.05
2024World Championships Doha, Qatarbgcolor=cc9663rd200 m butterfly2:07.92
European Championshipsalign=left rowspan=2 Belgrade, Serbia8th100 m butterfly59.01
bgcolor=silver2nd200 m butterfly2:08.15
Olympic Gamesalign=left rowspan=2 Paris, France17th (h)100 m butterfly57.97
12th (sf)200 m butterfly2:08.74

Short course

Representing
2021European Championshipsalign=left rowspan=3 Kazan, Russia[10] [11] [12] 15th (sf)50 m butterfly26.40
6th100 m butterfly56.78
5th200 m butterfly2:05.89
World Championships Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates23rd (h)50 m butterfly26.37
7th 100 m butterfly56.51
bgcolor=cc9663rd200 m butterfly2:04.88
2022World Championshipsalign=left rowspan=3 Melbourne, Australia[13] [14] [15] 33rd (h)100 m freestyle54.76
10th (sf)100 m butterfly56.71
5th200 m butterfly2:05.23
2023European Championshipsalign=left rowspan=2 Otopeni, Romania[16] [17] 6th100 m butterfly56.91
bgcolor=cc9663rd200 m butterfly2:04.55 EJR

Personal bests

Event Result Competition Venue Date
Long course
50 m Butterfly26.10 NR 820 Junior European Championships[18] 9 July 2023
100 m Butterfly56.95 NR 924 Junior European Championships[19] 7 July 2023
200 m Butterfly2:06.26 NR 897 Junior European Championships[20] 8 July 2023
Short course
400 m Freestyle4:10.83 NR 811 Mladost Grand Prix[21] 13 November 2022
50 m Butterfly26.09 NR 815 29 October 2021
100 m Butterfly56.28 NR 912 World Championships[22] 20 December 2021
200 m Butterfly2:04.55 NR 886 7 December 2023

Personal life

Lana is the daughter of former footballer Velibor Pudar.[23]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lana Pudar. olympics.com. 20 July 2021. 4 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804040454/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1420743-pudar-lana.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Lana Pudar swam the Olympic A Norm and broke the BIH Record. www.sarajevotimes.com. 13 March 2021. 14 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Lana Pudar. olympics.com. 20 July 2021. 4 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210804040454/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1420743-pudar-lana.htm. dead.
  4. Web site: Dornan. Ben. 15-Year-Old Lana Pudar Breaks 3 Butterfly Bosnia and Herzegovina NRs in Kazan. SwimSwam. 30 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Swimming – 100m Butterfly Women – Final – Results. Oran 2022. 4 July 2022. 4 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Bosnian swimmers earn 1st-ever medals at Euro Juniors . swimswam.com. 10 July 2021 .
  7. Web site: Šljivak. M.. Lana Pudar bez polufinala Olimpijskih igara!. 24 July 2021. sportsport.ba. bs.
  8. Web site: Race. Retta. 15-Year-Old Lana Pudar Gives Bosnia & Herzegovina First Senior Int'l Medal. 17 December 2021. SwimSwam.
  9. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics - Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary. IOC. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021. 24 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210724124909/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_C74A_SWMW100MBF------------HEAT--------.pdf. dead.
  10. Web site: LEN EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's 50m Butterfly Semi-Final Summary. kazan2021.microplustiming.com. 6 November 2021. 7 November 2021.
  11. Web site: LEN EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results. kazan2021.microplustiming.com. 6 November 2021. 7 November 2021.
  12. Web site: LEN EUROPEAN SHORT COURSE SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results. kazan2021.microplustiming.com. 4 November 2021. 4 November 2021.
  13. Web site: 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS) December 13 - 18 - Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Summary. omegatiming.com. 14 December 2022. 10 May 2023.
  14. Web site: 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS) December 13 - 18 - Women's 100m Butterfly Semi Finals Summary. omegatiming.com. 17 December 2022. 10 May 2023.
  15. Web site: 16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS) December 13 - 18 - Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results. omegatiming.com. 15 December 2022. 10 May 2023.
  16. Web site: European Short Course Swimming Championships 2023 Results . heraklion23.gr . 9 December 2023.
  17. Web site: European Short Course Swimming Championships 2023 Results . heraklion23.gr . 9 December 2023.
  18. Web site: Women's 50m Butterfly Final Results. swimrankings.net. 9 July 2023. 9 July 2023.
  19. Web site: Women's 100m Butterfly Final Results. swimrankings.net. 6 July 2023. 7 July 2023.
  20. Web site: Women's 200m Butterfly Final Results. swimrankings.net. 8 July 2023. 8 July 2023.
  21. Web site: Lana Pudar Personal bests on Swimranks. www.swimrankings.net. 22 August 2021.
  22. Web site: 15th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) - Women's 100m Butterfly Semi-finals Summary. www.omegatiming.com. 20 December 2021. 20 December 2021.
  23. Web site: 2021-03-13. Velibor Pudar: Moja je Lana svjetsko čudo, Mostar večeras neće spavati. 2021-07-25. Moj Cazin. bs.