Viktoria Zeynep Güneş

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Viktoria Zeynep Güneş

| image = 5. Islamic Solidarity Games 2021 Konya Swimming Women 50m breaststroke Medal ceremony 20220813 1 (cropped2).jpg

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| caption = Güneş in 2022

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| birth_name = Viktoria Solnceva

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|06|19}}

| birth_place = Poltava, Ukraine

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| height = 182 cm

| weight = 68 kg

| strokes = Breaststroke

| club = Energy Standard International Swim Club

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Viktoria Zeynep Güneş{{cite web |url=https://olimpedya.olimpiyat.org.tr/tr/athletes/605/viktoria-zeynep-gunes |title=Viktoria Zeynep Güneş |website=olimpedya.olimpiyat.org.tr |language=tr |publisher=Turkish National Olympic Committee |access-date=30 July 2024}} (born Viktoria Solntseva, {{langx|uk|Вікторія Солнцева}}, 19 June 1998) is a Ukraine-born Turkish (since 2014){{Cite web |url=https://www.haber7.com/kadin/haber/1238700-turkiye-hurremden-cok-beni-taniyacak |title=Türkiye, Hürrem'den çok beni tanıyacak |trans-title=Turkey will know me more than Hurrem |website=haber7.com |language=tr |date=4 December 2014 |quote=Viktorya Zeynep Güneş, ilk röportajında "Türkiye, Hürrem'den çok beni tanıyacak" dedi. [Viktorya Zeynep Güneş said in her first interview, "Turkey will know me more than Hurrem."]}} swimmer.{{cite web |url=http://pluvane.net/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE-%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0 |title=Виктория Солнцева – детето-чудо на Украина |trans-title=Victoria Solntseva - the child prodigy of Ukraine |website=pluvane.net |access-date=29 September 2013 |language=bg |archive-date=8 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908175839/http://pluvane.net/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE-%D1%87%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0 |url-status=dead }} She represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Güneş is currently serving a 24-month competition ban due to expire in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation for missing three tests in a 12-month period.{{cite news |url=https://swimswam.com/world-junior-record-holder-viktoria-gunes-suspended-two-years-for/ |title=World Junior Record Holder Viktoria Gunes Suspended Two Years for Whereabouts Failures |work=SwimSwam |date=15 July 2024 |first=Riley |last=Overend}}

Career

= For Ukraine =

Solnceva competed for Ukraine at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai and the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. Solnceva is the current Ukrainian record holder in 100m and 200m breaststroke.

= For Turkey =

Gunes competed in the 100m breaststroke in seniors at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, narrowly missing a semi-final birth as she placed 17th. She represented Turkey in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, where she reached the semi-finals (top 16) of the 100m breaststroke, placing 15th in the preliminary heats. She swam in the heats of 400m medley 4.41.79 and did not advance. In the 100m breaststroke heats, she qualified for the semifinals with 1.07.14, however in the semifinals swam 1.07.41 and did not advance.{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/viktoria-zeynep-gunes |title=Viktoria Zeynep Gunes |work=Rio 2016 Olympics |publisher=Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games |date=6 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806053932/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/viktoria-zeynep-gunes |archive-date=6 August 2016}}

At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, she represented Turkey, and won four gold medals. In the 200 meter breaststroke she broke the junior world record with a time of 2:19.64, just 0.53 off the senior world record.{{cite web |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010F020E01021F02FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |title=Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results |publisher=Omega Timing |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=31 August 2015 |quote=GUNES Viktoria Zeynep}} She also broke the junior world record in the 200 meter individual medley. FINA named her "female swimmer of the meet".{{cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5400:swimming-world-juniors-day-6-singapore-guness-blast-would-have-earned-her-the-title-in-kazan-as-well&catid=213:world-junior-swimming-championships&Itemid=1623 |title=Swimming World Juniors, Day 6, Singapore: Gunes's blast would have earned her the title in Kazan as well! |publisher=FINA |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=31 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902185058/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5400:swimming-world-juniors-day-6-singapore-guness-blast-would-have-earned-her-the-title-in-kazan-as-well&catid=213:world-junior-swimming-championships&Itemid=1623 |archive-date=2 September 2015 |url-status=dead |quote=Victoria Gunes}}

At the Budapest meet of the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, she took the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke event, and the bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley event. She won the gold medal in the 400 m individual medley event at the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia, becoming the first Turkish swimmer to be a European champion. With her time of 4:30.45.4 she also improved her own Turkish record in this event.

= International Swimming League =

In the Autumn of 2019, she was member of the inaugural International Swimming League swimming for the Energy Standard International Swim Club, who won the team title in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December.{{Cite web |url=https://isl.global/club-rosters/ |title=Club Rosters – International Swimming League |website=isl.global |language=en-US |access-date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022045209/https://isl.global/club-rosters/ |url-status=dead }}

Awards and honors

FINA, Top 10 Moments: 2021 Swimming World Cup (#4){{cite web |url=https://www.fina.org/news/2345588/swimming-world-cup-top-10-moments |title=Swimming World Cup: Top 10 Moments |work=FINA |date=8 November 2021 |access-date=8 November 2021 |quote=Viktoria Gunes}}

References

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{{cite news |url=https://www.ntv.com.tr/spor/milli-yuzucu-viktoria-zeynep-gunesten-tarihi-basari,A7yjq9aj102ZYixD_xajJQ |newspaper=NTV |title=Milli yüzücü Viktoria Zeynep Güneş'ten tarihi başarı |date=2 November 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=4 November 2021}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.trthaber.com/haber/spor/milli-yuzucu-viktoria-zeynep-gunesten-altin-madalya-615310.html |newspaper=TRT Haber |title=Milli yüzücü Viktoria Zeynep Güneş'ten altın madalya |date=8 October 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=5 November 2021}}

{{cite news |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/spor/viktoria-zeynep-gunes-dunya-yuzme-kupasinda-bronz-madalya-kazandi/2387936 |newspaper=Anadolu News Agency |title=Viktoria Zeynep Güneş, Dünya Yüzme Kupası'nda bronz madalya kazandı |author=Boztepe, Muhammed |date=10 October 2021 |language=tr |accessdate=5 November 2021}}

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