Andrea Podmaníková

Andrea Podmaníková (born 23 February 1998) is a Slovak swimmer who competed for Southern Methodist and North Carolina State universities and represented her native Slovakia at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events. After the Olympics, she won two bronze medals in international competitions in May 2022, first in the 50 breaststroke at the FINA Swimming World Cup in the U.S. and later in the 100 butterfly at the Grand Prix Slovakia.

Podmanikova was born 23 February 1998 in Topoľčany, Nitra, Slovakia to Daniela Podmanikova, and had two brothers, Tomas and Lukas. She trained and competed for Coach Vladimir Zeleznik at Priana SportClub Topolcany. She was a member of the Slovak National Team, and in 2016 was recognized as the Slovak Swimming Federation's best female swimmer.

Prior to college, she competed for Slovakia in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event on 27 July at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, placing 30th and recording a time of 1:10.13.

Collegiate swimming From 2018 to 2019, she attended Southern Methodist University and swam for Head Coach Steve Collins. On March 2, 2019, she set a school record in the 200 breaststroke of 2:08.66. She competed in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke at the 2018 and 2019 NCAA Championships and was all conference in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, the 200 free and medley relays, and the 400 medley relay. A solid student, she was a three-time American Athletic Conference Swimmer of the week, and on the Athletic Conference Academic All-Academic Team in 2019.

2020 Tokyo Olympics In late July, 2021, she represented Slovakia at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. She placed 28th in the Women's 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:08.36 placing first in the second heat, and finishing around 2.8 seconds from contending for a bronze medal. America took the gold, with South Africa taking the silver, and Lily King of the American team taking the bronze with a time of 1:05.54.