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Anna Charlott Darcel Elendt (born 4 September 2001) is a German swimmer.[5] She competed in the women's 50 metre breaststroke and women's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[6] She holds the National Record in the 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:06.50, which she achieved at the German Swimming Championships on 4 June 2021 in Berlin.[7]

Anna Elendt

Anna Elendt in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Anna Charlott Darcel Elendt
National team	Germany
Born	(2001-09-04) 4 September 2001 (age 20)[1] Dreieich, Germany[2]
Height	175 [3]
Weight	64 [3]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
College team	University of Texas at Austin[2][4]
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 0 1 0 European Junior Championships 0 1 2 Total 0 2 2 World Championships (LC) 2022 Budapest 100 m breaststroke European Junior Championships 2018 Helsinki 50 m breaststroke 2018 Helsinki 100 m breaststroke 2018 Helsinki 4×100 m medley

Early life and education

Elendt was born 4 September 2001 and calls Dreieich, Germany her hometown.[1][2] She is one of three children to her parents Melanie and Philipp Elendt.[2]

She attended Carl von Weinberg Schule for high school.[2] Collegiately, Elendt decided to live and train in the United States, and began competing for the University of Texas swim team in the autumn of 2020.[2][4]

Career

2018 European Junior Championships

At the 2018 European Junior Championships in Helsinki, Finland in July 2018, Elendt won three medals. She won a silver medal in the 50 metre breaststroke, a bronze medal in the 100 metre breaststroke, and a bronze medal in the 4x100 metre medley relay.[8]

2019 World Championships

In July 2019 at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Elendt competed in two individual events and the 4x100 meter relay.[9] She ranked 7th in the final of the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 31.06.[9][10] In the 100 metre breaststroke she swam a 1:08.70 and tied for 24th place in the prelims. On the 4x100 metre medley relay, Elendt swam a 1:08.74 on the breaststroke leg of the relay. The relay ranked 9th overall.[9]

2020

At the 2020 Toyota US Open Championships, Elendt won the 100 metre breaststroke ahead of second place finisher Lydia Jacoby with a time of 1:07.50.[11] Elendt earned the "Big 12 Swimming & Diving Newcomer of the Week" award for the week of December 1 following her performance at the US Open.[12]

2021

During Elendt's first collegiate season for the Texas Longhorns, she received the "Big 12 Swimming & Diving Newcomer of the Week” award for the week of February 24 from the Big 12 Conference. The award recognized her accomplishment of winning the 100 yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.56 and the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:12.94 in the last dual meet of the season.[13]

2021 German National Championships

On 4 June 2021, at the German National Swimming Championships, Elendt set a new national record in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:06.50 and was the first female German athlete to swim faster than 1:07 in the event.[14] The next day, she broke the national record of Germany in the 50 metre breaststroke with her time of 30.67.[15]

2020 Summer Olympics

Elendt qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, in the 100 metre breaststroke as part of Germany's 2020 Olympic team.[16] She was also one of the swimmers on the 4x100 metre medley relay at the 2019 World Championships that qualified the relay for the 2020 Olympics.[17]

On 25 July, Elendt competed in the 100 metre breaststroke prelims, swimming a 1:06.96, ranking 16th for all prelims heats, and advancing to the semifinals.[18][19]

References

External links

• Anna Elendt at FINA
• Anna Elendt at SwimRankings.net
• Anna Elendt at Olympedia

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