Đurđica Bjedov
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
5 April 1947 (age 69) Split, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | PK Mornar[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Đurđa "Đurđica" Bjedov (born 5 April 1947) is a retired Croatian swimmer and the only Yugoslav Olympic champion in swimming.
Bjedov never won a medal at major international competitions, except for the 1968 Olympics, where she finished first in the 100 m breaststroke, breaking the Olympic record, and second in the 200 m breaststroke.[2] Her medley relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries though because she jumped into water too early.[3] Later that year she was selected as the Yugoslav athlete of the year.
After retiring from competitions Bjedov worked as a swimming coach and raised her daughter Anamarija Petričević to become an Olympic swimmer.[4] They both now live in Locarno, Switzerland.[5][6] Bjedov is the only Yugoslav swimmer inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
References
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Đurđica Bjedov. |
- ↑ Đurđica Bjedov. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Durđa Bjedov. oks.org.rs (Serbian)
- 1 2 DJURDJICA BJEDOV (YUG) 1987 Honor Swimmer. International Swimming Hall of Fame
- ↑ Vurušić, Vlado (8 August 2008). "8 hrvatskih kandidata za medalje" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. Retrieved 9 August 2008.
- ↑ SLOBODNA DALMACIJA, ČETVRTAK 16. prosinca 1999. – sport: GUŠTAT ĆU, SILNO GUŠTAT!. Arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr (16 December 1999). Retrieved on 2016-04-23.
- ↑ SLOBODNA DALMACIJA, ČETVRTAK 30. prosinca 1999. – sport: SAMO ĐUKE NEMA ALTERNATIVE. Arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr (29 December 1999). Retrieved on 2016-04-23.
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ivo Daneu |
 The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia1968 |
Succeeded by Dragan Džajić |
| Preceded by Vera Nikolić |
Yugoslav Sportswoman of the Year 1968 |
Succeeded by Ana Boban |
|
.svg.png){kind=small}
