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Anita Horvat

Anita Horvat
Anita Horvat in 2023
Personal information
Born (1996-09-07) 7 September 1996 (age 28)
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)800 metres, 400 m
ClubAK Velenje
Coached byTevž Korent
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Slovenia
World Relays
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Chorzów 2×2×400 m mixed
European Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Istanbul 800 m
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 400 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 4×400 m relay

Anita Horvat (born 7 September 1996)[1] is a Slovenian sprinter and middle-distance runner. She placed seventh in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Horvat won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships.

She represented Slovenia in the 400 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She is the Slovenian record holder for the 400 metres out and indoors, and took 10 individual national titles (mostly for the 400 m).

Career

Anita Horvat competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships.[1]

She also represented Slovenia in the event at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021.[1]

In the 2022 season, Horvat gradually shifted to the 800 metres. In March, she won the 400 m at the Balkan Indoor Championships held in Istanbul. She finished second over the 800 m at the outdoor Balkan Championships in Craiova, Romania in June that year. The following month, she placed second in the 400 m at the Mediterranean Games staged in Oran, Algeria.[1] At the 2022 World Athletics Championships held in Eugene the same July, Horvat for the first time broke the two-minute barrier in the 800 m (1:59.60) in her semifinal and eventually finished seventh in 1:59.83 in the first global individual final of her career.[2] She lowered her personal best to 1:58.96 in August and competed in the event at the European Championships in Munich, where she fell and placed last in her heat.[1]

In January 2023, the 26-year-old won her new specialist event at the Init Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe in Germany, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting, beating 2022 world indoor silver medallist Freweyni Hailu.[3] She continued her good form in March, claiming the silver medal in the 800 m at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul, her first major individual medal and the biggest success up to that point.[4][5]

Statistics

Personal bests

International competitions

Representing  Slovenia
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time
2014 European Team Championships First League Tallinn, Estonia 10th 400 m hurdles 1:00.81
12th 4 × 400 m relay 3:47.78
World Junior Championships Eugene, OR, United States 9th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:42.91 NU20R
2015 European Junior Championships Eskilstuna, Sweden 7th (h3) 400 m 56.36
6th (h4) 400 m hurdles 1:02.08
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:46.30
2016 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd (f2) 400 m 54.82
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 24th (h) 400 m 54.65
European Team Championships Second League Tel Aviv, Israel 4th 400 m 52.72
9th 4 × 100 m relay 46.39
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.19
European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 4th 400 m 53.06
World Championships London, United Kingdom 38th (h) 400 m 52.78
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 14th (sf) 400 m 51.89
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 12th (sf) 400 m 53.37
European Games Minsk, Belarus 11th 4 × 400 m mixed 3:20.66
European Team Championships Second League Varaždin, Croatia 2nd 400 m 52.45
6th 4 × 100 m relay 45.15
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:36.71
World Championships Doha, Qatar 39th (h) 400 m 52.73
Military World Games Wuhan, China 5th (h1) 400 m 55.51
2021 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st (f2) 400 m 53.44
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:41.50
European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 22nd (h) 800 m 2:06.08
World Relays Chorzów, Poland 3rd 2×2×400 m mixed 3:41.95
European Team Championships Second League Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 3rd 400 m 52.94
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 3:30.90 NR
Balkan Championships Smederevo, Serbia 2nd (f2) 400 m 52.75
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:33.99
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 28th (h) 400 m 52.34
2022 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st 400 m 52.98
1st 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.84
World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 10th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:37.08 NR
Balkan Championships Craiova, Romania 2nd 800 m 2:02.25
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 2nd 400 m 51.94 SB
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.51
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 33rd (h) 400 m 52.67
7th 800 m 1:59.83
European Championships Munich, Germany 30th (h) 800 m 2:23.76
13th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:31.57
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 800 m 2:00.54
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 16th (sf) 800 m 2:00.54
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 16th (sf) 800 m 2:04.30
Olympic Games Paris, France 10th (rep) 800 m 2:00.56

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Anita HORVAT – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ Broadbent, Chris (11 August 2022). "Horvat starting to reap the rewards after switch to 800m". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  3. ^ Mulkeen, Jon (27 January 2023). "Asher-Smith blazes to British and meeting record of 7.04 in Karlsruhe". World Athletics. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Anita Horvat s srebrom do uspeha kariere v Carigradu". Radiotelevizija Slovenija (in Slovenian). 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  5. ^ Kavčič, Simon (20 March 2023). "Prestopila v disciplino z norimi rekordi, a "ti so zato, da se rušijo"". Siol (in Slovenian). Retrieved 20 March 2023.


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