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]
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| Full name | Anna Charlott Darcel Elendt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 September 2001[3] Dreieich, Germany[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Texas at Austin[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
Elendt was born 4 September 2001 and calls Dreieich, Germany her hometown.[3][1] She is one of three children to her parents Melanie and Philipp Elendt.[1]
She attended Carl von Weinberg Schule for high school.[1] 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.[1][2]
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 World Aquatics
- Anna Elendt at SwimRankings.net
- Anna Elendt at Olympics.com
- Anna Elendt at Olympedia
