Peter Mankoč (born July 4, 1978 in Ljubljana,
Slovenia) is one of the best Slovenian swimmers of
all time and one of the most successful short course
European Championship swimmers in the history of the
event.
Peter Mankoč was born in Ljubljana, where he has
been living his entire life. Swimming was his first
love; as many other successful swimmers, he too
started training very young, at age of 8. As one of
the best Slovenian athletes he has been employed as
a police officer by Slovenian government.
With height of 1.92 m and weight of 87 kg, Mankoč
has always been a short distance swimmer. His
strength and explosiveness led to short courses
sprint preference, where he has achieved his best
results.
Peter Mankoč is a member of Ilirija Ljubljana
swimming club, where he developed under coach
Dimitrij Mancevič.
Peter Mankoč participated in three Olympic Games,
1996, 2000 and 2004. His best result is 13th place
from 2004 Olympic Games, where he finished 13th in
the freestyle event.
He also participated in 4 World Championships, from
2001 to 2007. His best results are 8th place from
2007’s 100 m butterfly event and 7th place from
2003’s 200 m medley event. Apart from that, he has 8
other half finals finishes.
He was swimming in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002 and 2004
European Championship competitions with 4 finals
appearances.
Apart from 5 short course World Championships
medals, he also has 7 other finals finishes from
1997 to 2006.
Mankoč participated in 11 European Championship
short course events, where he collected 17 medals in
26 finals appearances. He is most known for being
the only swimmer with 8 consecutive gold medals in
one discipline.
