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Birth name | Đurđa Bjedov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 5 April 1947 Split, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | (age 77)|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | PK Mornar [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]