Anja Crevar

{{Short description|Serbian swimmer (born 2000)}}

{{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Anja Crevar

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| nationality = {{SRB}}

| strokes = Medley, butterfly, freestyle, backstroke

| club = UCAM Club Natación Fuensanta

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|5|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Pančevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia

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{{MedalSport|Women's swimming }}

{{MedalCountry| {{SRB}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (SC)}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Kazan|400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Tarragona|400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | European U-23 Championships}}

{{MedalSilver | 2023 Dublin|200 m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver | 2023 Dublin|400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|Youth Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Buenos Aires|200 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships}}

{{MedalBronze | 2017 Indianapolis|400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Baku|400 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 2016 Hódmezővásárhely|400 m medley}}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Netanya|400 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 2017 Netanya|200 m medley}}

{{MedalBronze | 2016 Hódmezővásárhely | 200 m medley}}

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Anja Crevar (Serbian Cyrillic: Ања Цревар; born 24 May 2000) is a Serbian swimmer, and a member of the UCAM Club Natación Fuensanta.

She won a bronze medal at the 2015 European Games in 400m medley style with a new national record. At the 2015 Junior World Championship held in Singapore, at the age of 15, she came in 5th place in the finals with a new national record in the 400m medley. With her time in the race, she qualified to represent Serbia at the 2016 Olympic Games.{{cite news |title=Anji lični, državni rekord i norma za Rio! |trans-title=Personal and national record for Anja and Olympic standard for Rio! |language=sr |url=http://www.b92.net/sport/olimpizam/vesti.php?yyyy=2015&mm=08&dd=25&nav_id=1031103 |publisher=B92 |date=25 August 2015 |accessdate=25 August 2015}}{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Anja Crevar |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/anja-crevar-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725092131/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/cr/anja-crevar-1.html |archive-date=2019-07-25}} She was the youngest athlete to represent Serbia at 16 years old. She then went on to compete in the 2020 Olympic Games and the 2024 Olympic Games.{{Cite web |title=CREVAR Anja |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/anja-crevar_1949290}}

In October 2018, she won the silver medal in the girls' 200 m individual medley at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, behind gold medal winner Anastasia Gorbenko of Israel.[https://pre.haaretz.com/israel-news/sports/israeli-15-year-old-swimmer-wins-gold-in-youth-olympic-games-1.6534402 "Israeli 15-year old swimmer wins gold in Youth Olympic Games,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724083537/https://pre.haaretz.com/israel-news/sports/israeli-15-year-old-swimmer-wins-gold-in-youth-olympic-games-1.6534402 |date=24 July 2019 }} Haaretz. In February 2024 she was placed 4th in the women's 400 metre individual medley at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships.{{cite web | url=https://rtv.rs/sr_lat/sport/individualni-sportovi/srpska-plivacica-anja-crevar-osvojila-cetvrto-mesto-na-svetskom-prvenstvu-na-400-metara-mesovito_1517511.html | title=Srpska plivačica Anja Crevar osvojila četvrto mesto na Svetskom prvenstvu na 400 metara mešovito }}

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