Peter Mankoč

Peter Mankoč

Mankoč in Vienna, 2008
Personal information
Nationality	Slovenia
Born	(1978-07-04) July 4, 1978 Ljubljana
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly and individual medley
Club	Plavalni Klub Ilirija
Medal record World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow[1] 100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 100 m medley 2008 Manchester 100 m butterfly 2002 Moscow 200 m medley 2006 Shanghai[2] 100 m medley 2008 Manchester 100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis[3] 100 m butterfly European Championships (LC) 2008 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly European Championships (SC) 2000 Valencia 100 m medley 2001 Anwerpen 100 m medley 2001 Anwerpen 200 m medley 2002 Riesa 100 m medley 2003 Dublin 100 m medley 2004 Riesa 100 m medley 2005 Trieste 100 m medley 2006 Helsinki 100 m medley 2007 Debrecen 100 m medley 2008 Rijeka 100 m medley 2011 Szczecin 100 m medley 1999 Lisbon 100 m medley 2006 Helsinki 100 m butterfly 2009 Istanbul 100 m butterfly 2010 Eindhoven 100 m medley 2012 Chartres 100 m medley 2012 Chartres 4×50 m mixed medley 2000 Valencia 200 m medley 2001 Anwerpen 50 m backstroke 2002 Riesa 200 m medley 2003 Dublin 200 m medley 2005 Trieste 100 m butterfly 2007 Debrecen 100 m butterfly 2009 Istanbul 100 m medley 2010 Eindhoven 100 m butterfly Summer Universiade 2003 Daegu 50 m freestyle 2003 Daegu 200 m freestyle 2001 Beijing 200 m medley Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis 200 m medley 2005 Almería 100 m butterfly 2005 Almería 4×100 m medley 2009 Pescara 100 m butterfly

Peter Mankoč (born July 4, 1978 in Ljubljana, Slovenia)^[4] is a Slovenian swimmer. He is one of the most successful short course European Championship swimmers in the history of the event. Mankoč is the former world record holder in the 100 meter individual medley (short course).

Personal

Mankoč was born in Ljubljana, where he has lived his entire life. He began swimming competitively at the age of eight. He is employed as a police officer by the Slovenian government.

He is engaged to Estonian swimmer Triin Aljand.

Swimming

With height of 1.92 m and weight of 87 kg, Mankoč has always been a short distance swimmer. His strength and explosiveness led to short courses sprint preference, where he has achieved his best results.

Mankoč is a member of Ilirija Ljubljana swimming club, where he developed under coach Dimitrij Mancevič.

Swimming career overview

Mankoč participated in five Olympic Games, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012.^[5] His best result is a 10th place in the 100 metre butterfly at the 2008 Olympic Games.

He also participated in four long course World Championships, from 2001 to 2007.

He was swimming in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004 European Championship competitions with 4 finals appearances.

Apart from 5 short course World Championships medals, he also has 7 other finals finishes from 1997 to 2006.

Mankoč participated in 11 European Championship short course events, where he collected 17 medals in 26 finals appearances. He is the only swimmer with nine consecutive gold medals in one discipline, the 100 meter individual medley. In this event, he won 14 consecutive medals, from 1999 to 2012.

Personal best times

Mankoč on podium of the 2010 European SC WC in Eindhoven

Mankoč’s best times are sorted by FINA points calculation, a scoring system of the world swimming federation, which allows comparisons amongst different events.^[6] The points are correct in 2004–2008 Olympic game cycle. The ranking is correct as of December 2007 and represents European all-time ranking of personal records.

25 m course

50 m course

References

• Slovenian Swimming Federation
• Official Web site

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter Mankoč.

• Peter Mankoč at Swimrankings.net

Records
Preceded by Neil Walker Sergey Fesikov	Men's 100 metre individual medley world record holder (short course) December 15, 2001 – January 25, 2003 December 12, 2009 – December 15, 2012	Succeeded by Thomas Rupprath Ryan Lochte