Background
Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of Đurđica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Anamarija Petričević is a daughter of Đurđica Bjedov, gold and silver medalist in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Petričević competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics. She failed to advance past round one in 200 m breaststroke and 400 m individual medley, but made the B final in 200 m individual medley. Petričević retired from swimming in 1993.
As of 1999, she lives in Locarno, Switzerland, where she works as a swimming coach.
As of 2014 Petričević holds the following senior national records (all set in 1988):
50 meter pool
400 m freestyle (4:1921)
400 m individual medley (4:4633)
Her long-standing national record in 200 m individual medley (2:1638, 1988) was surpassed by Kim Daniela Pavlin in May 2012.