Anita Horvat

Anita Horvat (born 7 September 1996) is a Slovenian sprinter and middle-distance runner. She placed seventh in the 800 metres at the 2022 World Athletics Championships. Horvat won the silver medal in the event at the 2023 European Indoor Championships and bronze in 2025.

She represented Slovenia in the 400 metres at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She is the Slovenian record holder for the 400 metres out and indoors, and took 10 individual national titles (mostly for the 400 m).

Career Anita Horvat competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. She lowered her personal best to 1:58.96 in August and competed in the event at the European Championships in Munich, where she fell and placed last in her heat. She continued her good form in March, claiming the silver medal in the 800 m at the European Indoor Championships held in Istanbul, her first major individual medal and the biggest success up to that point.

Statistics Personal bests 100 metres – 11.79 (+1.2 m/s, Celje 2017) 200 metres – 23.47 (0.0 m/s, Kranj 2017) 200 metres indoor – 23.10 (Metz 2021) 400 metres – 51.22 (Monaco 2018) 400 metres indoor – 52.22 (Madrid 2018) 600 metres – 1:26.26 (Milan 2023) 800 metres – 1:58.96 (Chorzów 2022) 800 metres indoor – 2:00.35

International competitions