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| Full name | Anna Charlott Darcel Elendt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-09-04)4 September 2001 (age 23)[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] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anna Charlott Darcel Elendt (born 4 September 2001) is a Germanswimmer.[5] She competed in thewomen's 50 metre breaststroke andwomen's 100 metre breaststroke at the2019 World Aquatics Championships.[6] She holds theNational 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]
Elendt was born 4 September 2001 and callsDreieich,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 theUnited States, and began competing for theUniversity of Texas swim team in the autumn of 2020.[1][2]
At the2018 European Junior Championships inHelsinki,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]
In July 2019 at theWorld Aquatics Championships inGwangju,South Korea, Elendt competed in two individual events and the 4x100 meter relay.[9] She ranked 7th in the final of the50 metre breaststroke with a time of 31.06.[9][10] In the100 metre breaststroke she swam a 1:08.70 and tied for 24th place in the prelims. On the4x100 metre medley relay, Elendt swam a 1:08.74 on the breaststroke leg of the relay. The relay ranked 9th overall.[9]
At the 2020 Toyota US Open Championships, Elendt won the 100 metre breaststroke ahead of second-place finisherLydia 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]
During Elendt's first collegiate season for theTexas Longhorns, she received the "Big 12 Swimming & Diving Newcomer of the Week” award for the week of February 24 from theBig 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]
On 4 June 2021, at the German National Swimming Championships, Elendt set a newnational 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]
Elendtqualified to compete at the2020 Summer Olympics inTokyo,Japan, in the100 metre breaststroke as part ofGermany'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 therelay 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]
