Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş

Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş or Viktoria Solntseva (Ukrainian: Вікторія Солнцева; born 19 June 1998) is a Ukraine-born Turkish (since 2014)[1] swimmer.[2] She currently represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.

Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş
Güneş in 2022
Personal information
Birth nameViktoria Solnceva
Born (1998-06-19) 19 June 1998
Poltava, Ukraine
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubEnergy Standard International Swim Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Turkey
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2021 Kazan400 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2015 Netanya100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2015 Netanya200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place2021 Kazan200 m medley
Islamic Solidarity Games
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku400 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya200 m individual medley
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2021 Konya4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place2017 Baku50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya50 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2021 Konya400 m individual medley
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2018 Tarragona200 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tarragona200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 100 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran 4×100 m medley
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Singapore 200 m medley
Representing  Ukraine
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Dubai 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2013 Dubai 50 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Dubai 100 m breaststroke
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Poznan50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2013 Poznan200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place2013 Poznan100 m breaststroke

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.[3]

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.[4] She also broke the junior world record in the 200 meter individual medley. FINA named her "female swimmer of the meet".[5]

At the Budapest meet of the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, she took the gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke event,[6] and the bronze medal in the 200 m individual medley event.[7] 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.[8]

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.[9]

Awards and honors

References
  1. "Türkiye, Hürrem'den çok beni tanıyacak". 4 December 2014.
  2. "Victoria Solntseva - the child prodigy of Ukraine" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  3. "Olympic". 6 August 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016.
  4. "Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Omega Timing. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. "Swimming World Juniors, Day 6, Singapore: Gunes's blast would have earned her the title in Kazan as well!". FINA. August 30, 2015. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  6. "Milli yüzücü Viktoria Zeynep Güneş'ten altın madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 8 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. Boztepe, Muhammed (10 October 2021). "Viktoria Zeynep Güneş, Dünya Yüzme Kupası'nda bronz madalya kazandı". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  8. "Milli yüzücü Viktoria Zeynep Güneş'ten tarihi başarı". NTV (in Turkish). 2 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  9. "Club Rosters – International Swimming League". Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. "Swimming World Cup: Top 10 Moments". FINA. 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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