Đurđica Bjedov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Đurđica Bjedov

swimmer

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1947

Place of Birth: Split, Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia

Profession: swimmer

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ðurda "Ðurdica" Bjedov (born 5 April 1947) is a retired Yugoslav swimmer of Croat nationality and the only Yugoslav Olympic champion in swimming. Bjedov never won a medal at major international competitions, except for the 1968 Olympics, where she finished first in the 100 m breaststroke, breaking the Olympic record, and second in the 200 m breaststroke.
Her medley relay team was disqualified in the preliminaries though because she jumped into water too early.
Later that year she was selected as the Yugoslav athlete of the year. After retiring from competitions Bjedov worked as a swimming coach and raised her daughter Anamarija Petricevic to become an Olympic swimmer.
They both now live in Locarno, Switzerland.
Bjedov is the only Yugoslav swimmer inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.