Tamara Potocká

{{Short description|Slovak swimmer (born 2002)}}

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| birth_place = Poprad, Slovakia

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| height = 172 cm

| weight = 58 kg

| country = Slovakia

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Tamara Potocká (born 15 August 2002) is a Slovak swimmer.{{cite web |url=https://swimswam.com/2019-romanian-international-championships-meet-preview/ |title=2019 Romanian International Championships Meet Preview |work=SwimSwam |date=7 May 2019 |access-date=13 October 2020}} She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.{{cite web |title=Potocká už je v poriadku. Zotavuje sa vo svojej izbe v olympijskej dedine: Všetko je v poriadku, nemusíte sa báť |url=https://spravy.rtvs.sk/2024/08/plavkyna-potocka-v-opatere-lekarov-po-kolapse-bola-pri-vedomi/ |website=spravy.rtvs.sk |access-date=10 December 2024}}

Biography

Tamara Potocká was born on 15 August 2002 in Poprad.{{cite web |title=Tamara Potocká |url=https://www.olympic.sk/sportovec/tamara-potocka |website=www.olympic.sk |access-date=10 December 2024 |language=sk |date=15 August 2002}}

On 2 August 2024, Potocká collapsed at the poolside after a qualifying heat of the women's 200-metre individual medley at the Paris Olympics. She was conscious as she was carried away on a stretcher.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40704937/slovakia-tamara-potocka-collapses-200-meter-im |title=Slovakia's Tamara Potocka collapses after 200-meter IM |work=ESPN.com |date=2 August 2024 |access-date=2 August 2024}}

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