Alenka Kejžar

Alenka Kejžar

Personal information
Full name	Alenka Kejžar
Nationality	Slovenia
Born	15 February 1979 Kranj
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke and medley
Club	Plavalni Klub Radovljica
College team	Southern Methodist University
Medal record Women's Swimming World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 400 m medley 2000 Athens 100 m medley European Championships (LC) 2004 Madrid 200 m breaststroke 2002 Berlin 200 m medley European Championships (SC) 2003 Dublin 200 m medley 1996 Rostock 200 m breaststroke 2001 Antwerp 100 m medley 2002 Riesa 200 m medley 2003 Dublin 100 m medley 1996 Rostock 100 m backstroke 1996 Rostock 200 m backstroke 2001 Antwerp 200 m medley 2001 Antwerp 400 m medley 2002 Riesa 400 m medley

Alenka Kejžar is an Olympic class swimmer. She was born on 15 February 1979 in Kranj, Slovenia. Kejžar attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. She was a Golden Key International Honour Society member.

Her coaches were Ciril Globočnik and Steve Collins. Her swimming career began in 1987, and ended in 2004. She participated in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She has won medals in World Championships, World Cups and European Championships.

Kejžar has been working as a swimming teacher for New International School of Thailand in Bangkok since 2005. Her sister, Nataša Kejžar, is also a former Olympic swimmer.

References

• 2004 Olympic Record
• sports-reference