- Đurđica Bjedov
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Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for 
YugoslaviaOlympic Games Gold Mexico City 1968 100 m breaststroke Silver Mexico City 1968 200 m breaststroke Đurđa ("Đurđica") Bjedov (born April 5, 1947, Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) was a Croatian female swimmer who was the only Yugoslav gold medal winner at the Olympics in swimming.
At best, Bjedov came third in her heat at the European Championships, two years before her finest hour at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. There she won the gold medal in the 100 m breaststroke and silver in the 200 m breaststroke, and set the Olympic record in the 100 m breaststroke with the time of 1:15.8.[1] At the end of the year, she was proclaimed as the athlete of the year in Yugoslavia.
After her swimming career Bjedov turned to coaching. Her daughter Anamarija Petričević, also a swimmer, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[2]
Bjedov is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
References
- ^ Durđa Bjedov (Serbian)
- ^ Vurušić, Vlado (August 8, 2008). "8 hrvatskih kandidata za medalje" (in Croatian). Jutarnji list. http://www.jutarnji.hr/peking/clanak/art-2008,8,8,,129244.jl. Retrieved 2008-08-09.
- ^ Bjedov on ISHOF-site
External links
Awards Preceded by
Ivo Daneu The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1968Succeeded by
Dragan DžajićCroatian Sportswoman of the Year Milka Babović (1952) · Milka Babović (1953) · Eša Ligorio (1954) · Milka Babović (1955) · Vinka Jeričević (1956) · Nada Vučković (1957) · Hilda Zeier (1958) · Tanja Zoković (1959) · Tanja Kokeza (1960) · Kilda Zeier (1961) · Olga Šikovec (1962) · Olga Šikovec (1963) · Nada Vučković (1964) · Ljiljana Petnjarić (1965) · Ljiljana Petnjarić (1966) · Mirjana Resler (1967) · Đurđica Bjedov (1968) · Ana Boban (1969) · Ružica Meglaj (1970) · Vera Nikolić (1971) · Vera Nikolić (1972) · Mara Torti (1973) · Jelica Pavličić (1974) · Branka Batinić (1975) · Štefica Krištof (1976) · Jelica Pavličić (1977) · Pavica Galošević (1978) · Sanda Dubravčić (1979) · Štefica Krištof (1980) · Sanda Dubravčić (1981) · Biserka Perman (1982) · Renata Šašak (1983) · Branka Batinić (1984) · Biserka Perman (1985) · Jasna Šekarić (1986) · Jasna Šekarić (1987) · Jasna Šekarić (1988) · Jasna Šekarić (1989) · Biljana Petrović (1990) · Danira Nakić (1991) · Biserka Perman (1992) · Suzana Skoko (1993) · Iva Majoli (1994) · Iva Majoli (1995) · Iva Majoli (1996) · Iva Majoli (1997) · Janica Kostelić (1998) · Janica Kostelić (1999) · Janica Kostelić (2000) · Janica Kostelić (2001) · Janica Kostelić (2002) · Janica Kostelić (2003) · Blanka Vlašić (2004) · Janica Kostelić (2005) · Janica Kostelić (2006) · Blanka Vlašić (2007) · Blanka Vlašić (2008) · Blanka Vlašić (2009) · Blanka Vlašić (2010)
Olympic Champions in Women's 100 m Breaststroke 1968: Đurđica Bjedov • 1972: Catherine Carr • 1976: Hannelore Anke • 1980: Ute Geweniger • 1984: Petra van Staveren • 1988: Tania Dangalakova • 1992: Yelena Rudkovskaya • 1996: Penny Heyns • 2000: Megan Quann • 2004: Luo Xuejuan • 2008: Leisel Jones
Categories:- 1947 births
- Living people
- Croatian swimmers
- Female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav swimmers
- People from Split
- Olympic swimmers of Yugoslavia
- Croatian sportswomen
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- European swimming biography stubs
- Croatian sportspeople stubs
- Yugoslav Olympic medalist stubs
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