Anna Simcic
{{Short description|New Zealand swimmer (born 1971)}}
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| birth_name = Anna Katrina Simcic
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|8 November 1971}}
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|club = California Golden Bears, Berkeley (USA)
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{{MedalSport | Women's Swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan Pacific Championships}}
{{MedalGold| 1991 Edmonton | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver| 1989 Tokyo | 200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|1990 Auckland|200 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|1990 Auckland|100 m backstroke}}
{{MedalSilver|1994 Victoria|200 m backstroke}}
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Anna Katrina Simcic (born 8 November 1971), married name Anna Forrest, is a female former New Zealand swimming representative. In August 2021, it was announced that she would feature in the 2021 Season of
Celebrity Treasure Island 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-01|title=Meet the contestants of Celebrity Treasure Island 2021|url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/01-08-2021/meet-the-contestants-of-celebrity-treasure-island-2021/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-03|website=TheSpinoff|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731224653/https://thespinoff.co.nz/tv/01-08-2021/meet-the-contestants-of-celebrity-treasure-island-2021/ |archive-date=31 July 2021 }}
Swimming career
Simcic represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games.
At the 1992 Summer Olympics she placed 5th in the final of the women's 200 m backstroke. In 1996 at the Atlanta Olympics she placed 6th in the same event.
She won a gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in the women's 200 m backstroke. At the same Games she also won a silver medal in the women's 100 m backstroke. Four years later at the 1994 Commonwealth Games she won another silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke.[http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=1448&id=1 Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website]{{Dead link|date=January 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Despite being of New Zealand nationality she won the ASA National British Championships 200 metres backstroke title in 1990.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/IF0500312251/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=6e0391dd|title="Results from Crystal Palace." Times, 30 July 1990, p. 30|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}
Personal life
Simcic is married to former professional rugby player Simon Forrest.{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/sport/rugby/4992148/Forrest-promoted-from-footie-field-to-boardroom|title=Forrest promoted from footie field to boardroom|website=Stuff New Zealand|last1=Smith|first1=Tony|date=May 12, 2011|access-date=May 26, 2020}}
References
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{{s-ttl | title = Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee | years=1991}}
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{{1990 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{1992 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{1994 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:New Zealand female swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Category:New Zealand people of Croatian descent
Category:Female backstroke swimmers
Category:Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
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