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Sara Isakovic

Personal information

Full name Sara Isakovic
Nationality Slovenia
Stroke(s) Freestyle
Club Plavalni Klub Radovljica
College team University of California, Berkeley
Date of birth June 9, 1988 (1988-06-09) (age 21)
Place of birth Bled, SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 60 kilograms (130 lb)

2008 OLYMPICS
• Took home a silver medal in the 200-meter freestyle, finishing in 1:54.97, just 0.15 seconds behind winner Frederica Pellegrini of Italy (then-world record 1:54.82).

CAL SUCCESS
• A key member of Cal's 2009 NCAA team championship, Isakovic led off Cal's winning and record-breaking (NCAA, NCAA meet, U.S. Open and Cal) 800-yard freestyle relay (6:52.60), placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:37.79), sixth in the 200 free (1:43.30) and ninth in the 200 butterfly (1:54.61).
• Also at 2009 NCAAs, her 4:36.79 500-free prelim-time set a school record, surpassing Natalie Coughlin's 4:37.62 set in 2003.
• At the 2009 Pac-10 Championships, took second to teammate Dana Vollmer in the 200-yard free in a time of 1:43.00, which ranks third in Cal's all-time record books.

INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
• At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Isakovic reached the semifinal round of the 200-meter freestyle, competed in the 100-meter butterfly and led off Slovenia's 4x200-meter freestyle relay.
• A finalist in the 200 fly at the World Championships in Melbourne (2007) and a finalist in the 200 free at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal. Additionally in Montreal, she was the first Slovenian woman to reach the finals of the 200 free.
• Won the 2008 European Champion title in the 200m free, and set a new national record at the time of 1:57:52.
• A two-time European Junior Champion in 2004 in the 100 and 200 free events; still holds the European Junior record in the 200 free (1:59.80).
• Represented Slovenia in the 2004 Athens Olympics.

PERSONAL
• Undeclared major.
• Intends to major in communications at Cal.
• Lists Rafael Nadal as her favorite athlete.

WHY I CHOSE CAL
"Berkeley is not only famous in Europe, but all over the world. I am attending the best public university in the world. Having an education was my first priority, and it is an honor and a privilege to be able to attend Cal and swim with one of the best coaches in the world."

BEST CAL TIMES (IN YARDS)
50 free ...............23.96 (10/11/08 at Pacific)
100 free ..............50.25 (2008 at Art Adamson Inv.)
200 free ...............1:43.00 (2009 Pac-10s)
500 free ...............4:36.99 (2009 NCAAs)
1000 free .............10:03.46 (10/30/08 vs. Washington)
1650 free .............16:26.60 (2009 Pac-10s)
100 fly................54.63 (10/30/08 vs. Washington)
200 fly..............1:54.61 (2009 NCAAs)