fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
sara isaković plavalni klub radovljica bled , sr slovenia , slovenia 60 kg lb 1.75 m ftin on 9 june 1988 sara isaković
 freestyle sara isaković university of california , berkeley
sara isaković

sara isaković -lrb- born 9 june 1988 -rrb- is a retired slovenian swimmer .
in 2008 beijing olympics , at the age of 20 , she placed 2nd in the 200 freestyle with the time of 1.54.97 , being the second woman ever -lrb- behind federica pellegrini -rrb- to brake the 1 min 55 sec mark .
bringing home her silver medal , was a historic moment for slovenian sports .
being raised by a slovenian mother and serbian father , the family together with her twin brother gal traveled all around the world due to her father 's profession -lrb- pilot/examiner on emirates b777 -rrb- .
this finally led them to settle in dubai , where sara spent most of her childhood .
dubai is still sara 's home where she returns yearly to spend her holidays .
growing up she attended international schools , with the dream being to one day pursue studies in the us where she could combine both athletics and academics at a world class level .
after the 2008 beijing olympics , she moved to berkeley , california , where she attended university of california berkeley and represented the cal women 's swim team , under the leadership of teri mckeever , during her college years .
in her four years of being a student-athlete , she won 3 national team titles and individually won 100 butterfly at ncaa 's during her senior year at cal .
sara graduated in psychology , may 2013 , and is now pursuing a research career in neuro-psychology at the uc san diego department of psychiatry .
sara joined the opti-brian lab , led by dr. martin paulus , where their goal is to discover the underlying brain mechanisms of optimal performance .
the field of psychology and neuro-science is a dear passion of sara 's and she is determined to pursue doing research with great ambition , especially after her swimming career .
currently , isakovic is training under the supervision of coach marko djordjevic -lrb- serbian coach -rrb- in la jolla , san diego .
she is still a member of the gorenjska banka radovljica swimming club from radovljica , slovenia and is representing slovenia internationally .
she is determined to make a comeback after taking a year off from swimming , and pursue her dreams for 2016 rio olympics .
isaković competed for slovenia at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , the 2008 summer olympics in beijing , and the 2012 london olympics .
biggest career achievements : 2004 - 2x european junior champion -lrb- lisbon -rrb- 2004 - youngest member of the athens slovenian olympic team , at the age of 16 .
2005 - 2 silver medals at almeria , spain , mediterranean games .
2005 - first slovenian woman to final at world swimming championships , in montreal .
-lrb- 5th place 200 freestyle -rrb- 2007 - 7th place in 200 butterfly at melbourne world championships 2008 - first woman in slovenian swimming to win a european championships title - 200 freestyle 2008 - silver medal at beijing olympics 2009 - semi-finalist at world championships in rome 2010 - gold medal at university games , belgrade - 200 freestyle , finalist at european championships 2011 - semi-finalist at world championships in shanghai - 200 freestyle 2012 - bronze medalist at european championships , debrecen - 4x200 freestyle relay 2012 - semi-finalist at london olympic games - 200 freestyle
