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Metka Šparovec Personal information Full name Metka Šparovec Nationality 
SloveniaBorn December 9, 1978
MariborSport Sport Swimming Stroke(s) Freestyle and backstroke Medal recordEuropean Championships (LC) Bronze 1999 Istanbul 50 m backstroke Metka Šparovec (born December 9, 1978 in Maribor) is a retired female freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Slovenia. She represented her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she did not reach the final in her two individual starts (50 m and 100 m freestyle).
Šparovec was named Slovenian Sportswoman of the year in 1999, after having claimed the bronze medal in the women's 50 m backstroke event at the 1999 European LC Championships in Istanbul.
References
Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year Marijana Lubej (1968) · Nataša Urbančič (1969) · Nataša Urbančič (1970) · Nataša Urbančič (1971) · Nataša Urbančič (1972) · Nataša Urbančič (1973) · Nataša Urbančič (1974) · Mima Jaušovec (1975) · Mima Jaušovec (1976) · Mima Jaušovec (1977) · Ljuba Tkalčič (1978) · Breda Lorenci (1979) · Mima Jaušovec (1980) · Bojana Dornig (1981) · Andreja Leskovšek (1982) · Lidija Lapajne (1983) · Mateja Svet (1984) · Mateja Svet (1985) · Mateja Svet (1986) · Mateja Svet (1987) · Mateja Svet (1988) · Mateja Svet (1989) · Mateja Svet (1990) · Nataša Bokal (1991) · Marika Kardinar (1992) · Brigita Bukovec (1993) · Britta Bilač (1994) · Brigita Bukovec (1995) · Brigita Bukovec (1996) · Brigita Bukovec (1997) · Brigita Bukovec (1998) · Metka Šparovec (1999) · Špela Pretnar (2000) · Alenka Bikar (2001) · Jolanda Čeplak (2002) · Jolanda Čeplak (2003) · Jolanda Čeplak (2004) · Tina Maze (2005) · Petra Majdič (2006) · Petra Majdič (2007) · Sara Isakovič (2008) · Petra Majdič (2009) · Tina Maze (2010)
Categories:- 1978 births
- Living people
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Freestyle swimmers
- Slovenian swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Slovenia
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- People from Maribor
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