Our best swimmer Lana Pudar was declared the best athlete of 2023 according to the selection of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“One very, very successful year is behind me and I am especially glad that I can say that I am maintaining some continuity of results. A big thank you to the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina because it is truly a house that is always there for me, to which I can always turn,” , said Lana Pudar after receiving the aforementioned award.
In the festive atmosphere of the multimedia hall of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 12th in a row event ‘Selection of the Athlete of the Year’ was held on Thursday evening, organized by the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The selection of the athlete in 2023 was held in the presence of the most eminent persons of Bosnian sports and the sports public.
In front of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the President of the OK BiH, prof. Ph.D. Izet Rađo, who sublimated the previous events of the Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina, pointing out:
“The Olympic Committee is a harmonious, umbrella sports organization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. People cannot believe that a team of six people, with a very creative leader, assistant professor Dr. Said Fazlagić, is doing such great things. Athletes, representatives of sports associations know very well how dedicated these people are, how they do their work. We are an organization that looks to the future, an organization that dreams and an organization that has a vision. In less than two months, the Olympic Committee managed to get international support for the organization of the new Olympic competition ‘World Olympic Games young people’ (YOG). We are moving towards February, 40 years since the Winter Olympic Games in Sarajevo, all significant representatives from the International Olympic Committee, the European Olympic Committee are coming and it is an opportunity for our representatives from the political life of Bosnia and Herzegovina to recognize the opportunity and exceptional an idea for the future, for young people, for Bosnia and Herzegovina, to talk about it as a safe country, a country where youth will come, where the Olympic Games took place, and that will be the best message we will be able to send” , said Rado.
Lana Pudar was officially declared the best athlete in 2023, and she personally accepted this great award and thanked everyone for the great support, expressing the hope that she will join in the same place at a similar time next year and celebrate new successes.
In 2023, our Lana won nine European and world medals, of which five gold, two silver and two bronze medals. She participated in 12 major finals, achieved two Olympic standards for performance at the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 and achieved six records, two European junior records, three junior championship records, one world championship record and won the cup for the best female swimmer of the World Junior Championships .
Thanks to our mermaid from Mostar, the anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina has become a common melody at all major swimming competitions in Europe and the world.
The Olympic Committee of Bosnia and Herzegovina will continue with its dedicated work in strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina. of sports and the sports system, and this year’s organization of the 12th edition of the Athlete of the Year Award gives an additional incentive to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s athletes and sports workers, through the promotion of their results and life’s works, Klix.ba writes.
