Nationality Slovenia Role Swimmer Sport Swimming Height 1.68 m | Club PK Radovljica Weight 60 kg Name Teja Zupan Strokes Open water swimming | |
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Born 4 December 1990 (age 33) ( 1990-12-04 ) Radovljica, SR Slovenia,
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Teja Zupan (born December 4, 1990 in Radovljica) is a Slovenian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon. Zupan qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing tenth in the 10 km Marathon Swimming Olympic test event at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. Zupan swam in the first-ever women's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including South African amputee swimmer Natalie du Toit, British duo Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten, and sixteen-year-old American Chloe Sutton. Zupan finished the race in twelfth place, with a total time of 1:59:43.7, sixteen seconds behind winner Larisa Ilchenko of Russia.
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