Ivana Walterová

Ivana Walterová-Lange (born April 1, 1977) is a Slovak former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She competed along with three-time Olympian and top favorite Martina Moravcová in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney by achieving a FINA A-standard of 25.96 from the Slovakia Grand Prix in Banská Bystrica.[2][3] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat seven, including Singapore's Olympic veteran Joscelin Yeo and Finland's fifteen-year-old Hanna-Maria Seppälä. Walterova faded down the stretch to a fifth seed in 26.23, nearly three tenths of a second outside her entry standard and also, off the leading time set by Estonia's Jana Kolukanova. Walterova failed to advance into the semifinals, as she finished thirtieth overall out of 74 swimmers in the morning prelims.[4] Currently, Walterova lives in Germany with her husband and national swimming team coach Dirk Lange, and their only son, Alexander.[5]

For the Czech middle distance runner, see Ivana Kubešová.
Ivana Walterová
Personal information
Full nameIvana Walterová-Lange
National team Slovakia
Born (1977-04-01) 1 April 1977
Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivana Walterová". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 7)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. Habšudová, Zuzana (28 August 2000). "Moravcová comes into her own". The Slovak Spectator. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. Hinšt, Jaroslav (14 February 2007). "Športové lásky. Začínali aj doučovaním" [Love sports, started coaching] (in Slovak). Pravda. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
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