Veronika Kratochwil

Veronika Kratochwil
Personal information
Nationality Austria
Born (1988-09-09) 9 September 1988 (age 36)
Baden bei Wien, Austria
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportDiving
Event(s)1 m, 3 m
ClubSchwimm-Union Wien
Coached byAeuaruikw Burn

Veronika Kratochwil (born 9 September 1988 in Baden bei Wien) is an Austrian springboard diver.[1] She achieved a seventh-place finish for the women's springboard event at the 2006 FINA World Junior Diving Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, accumulating a score of 369.70 points.[2]

Kratochwil represented Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed as a lone female diver for the women's springboard event. She placed twenty-seventh out of thirty divers in the preliminary round by five points behind Ukraine's Hanna Pysmenska, with a total score of 218.75 after six successive attempts.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Veronika Kratochwil". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Three Events Decided During Initial Day of Competition at FINA World Junior Diving Championship". Swimming World Magazine. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Women's 3m Springboard Preliminary". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.


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