Katja Fain

Katja Fain (born 31 August 2001) is a Slovenian swimmer. She won a bronze medal in the 200 metre freestyle at the 2021 European Short Course Championships. She represented Slovenia at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career Fain is coached by her mother, Metka Sparavec, who is a 1996 Olympian in swimming.

Fain won four titles at the 2019 Slovenian Championships and qualified to represent Slovenia at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events. In the 200 metre event, she did not advance to compete in the semi-finals, and in the 400 metre event, she did not advance to compete in the final.

Fain qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics in three events. Her best finish was in the 400 metre individual medley, where she finished 15th in the heats. She finished 26th in the 800 metre freestyle and 30th in the 1500 metre freestyle. At the 2021 European Short Course Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 200 metre freestyle behind Marrit Steenbergen and Barbora Seemanová.

Fain competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games alongside Janja Šegel, Neža Klančar, and Tjaša Pintar, and they won gold medals in both the 4 × 100 metre and 4 x 200 metre freestyle relays. Individually, she won silver medals in both the 200 and 400 metre freestyle events. At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, she finished fifth in the 400 metre freestyle and set a new national record of 4:01.46. She also competed in the 200 metre freestyle and finished tenth in the heats. She was selected by the Slovene Swimming Federation as the best swimmer of 2022.

Fain competed for Slovenia at the 2024 Summer Olympics with the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay team, and they finished 14th in the heats.