Hanna Miluska

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Hanna Miluska
Personal information
Full nameHanna Miluska
National team Switzerland
Born (1984-05-29) 29 May 1984 (age 40)
Binningen, Switzerland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, open water
ClubSV Beider Basel
College teamUniversity of Alabama (U.S.)
CoachAxel Mitbauer
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Sharm El-Sheikh 5 km open water
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2002 Berlin 5 km open water

Hanna Miluska (born 29 May 1984) is a Swiss former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events and open water marathon.[1] She is a two-time medalist in the 5 km open water at the World and European Championships. Miluska is also a member of Beider Basel Swimming Club (German: Schwimmverein Beider Basel), and is trained by her long-time coach Axel Mitbauer.[2] She is also the daughter of former rower Ivan Miluška, who played for Czechoslovakia in the men's pairs at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Miluska made her own sporting history in 2002 as an open water swimmer. She won a total of two medals in the 5 km open water: silver at the

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (58:13).[3][4]

Two years later, Miluska qualified for two swimming events at the

Barcelona, Spain.[5][6] In the 200 m freestyle, Miluska challenged seven other swimmers on the third heat, including three-time Olympian Olena Lapunova of Ukraine. She edged out Argentina's Florencia Szigeti to take a second spot and twenty-fourth overall by 0.01 of a second in 2:03.28.[7][8]

Miluska also teamed up with Chantal Strasser, Flavia Rigamonti, and Nicole Zahnd in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. Swimming the second leg, she recorded a split of 57.60, and the Swiss team finished the heats in twelfth overall with a final time of 2:02.75.[9][10]

Miluska is also a former varsity for the Alabama Crimson Tide, and a graduate of political science at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hanna Miluska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Schweizer Vereinsmeisterschaften NLA + NLB in Neuenburg" [Swiss club championships (A and B) in Neuenburg] (in German). Swiss Swimming Federation. 3 April 2004. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  3. Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original
    on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  4. Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original
    on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  5. Athens 2004
    . Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  6. ^ "2003 FINA World Championships (Barcelona, Spain) – Women's 200m Freestyle Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  7. Athens 2004. BBC Sport
    . 16 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original
    on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  9. Athens 2004. BBC Sport
    . 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  10. Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original
    on 3 December 2005. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
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