Nikola Savčić

Nikola Savčić
Personal information
Full name Nikola Savčić
National team  Yugoslavia
Born (1974-03-13) 13 March 1974
Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke
Club PK April 11

Nikola Savčić (born March 13, 1974) is a Serbian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He held numerous Yugoslav records in a sprint breaststroke double, and later represented Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Savcic is also a resident athlete for PK April 11 in Belgrade, and a member of Yugoslav national swimming team since 1990.

Savcic swam only in the 100 m breaststroke, as a member of the former Yugoslav squad, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:04.75 from the Akropolis International Meet in Athens.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat four, including two-time Olympians Valērijs Kalmikovs of Latvia and Arsenio López of Puerto Rico. He raced to the fourth seed by a 0.62-second deficit behind joint winners Kalmikovs and Lopez in 1:04.64, worthy enough for a Yugoslav record. Savcic failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-second overall on the first day of prelims.[3][4][5]

Since 2001, Savcic currently resides in the United States, where he works as part of an age group coaching staff for the Lakeridge Swim Team in Reno, Nevada.

References

  1. ↑ "Nikola Savčić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 4)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 240. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ Newberry, Paul (16 September 2000). "Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Olympic Survey (Sept 16)". Government of Serbia. 16 September 2000. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
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