Filip Holba
Availability Status: Committed
University: Martin Methodist College
Country: Slovakia
Date of birth: 22nd May 2001
Height: 6 feet 2 inches
Weight: 190 lbs
Sex: Male
School: School of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
Graduation Year: 2020
College Enrollment Year: 2021
Qualifications:
High School Grades: English: B, Maths: C, Slovak Literature: C, Geography: C;
SAT: 990
TOEFL: not taken yet
PERSONAL BEST TIMES
50m Free (SC): 23.80
50m Free (LC): 24.54
100m Free (SC): 52.13
100m Free (LC): 53.30
200m Free (SC): 1:58.18
200m Free (LC): 2:03.72
50m Fly (LC): 27.31
100m IM (SC): 1:03.14
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Team Selections: Slovak Junior National Team (2016-2019)
Events competed in: Sursee Multinations Junior Meet, V4 Olympic Hopes (Hungary & Slovakia)
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
relentless, strong-minded, disciplined, ambitious, adaptable
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
When I was 15 years old, I wanted to be in Slovak National Junior National Team so bad, but the coaches did not believe that I was going to be able to swim the times needed to get it. At the end of the season, I then swam in the national championship and I was able to swim a new personal best which gave me the time to qualify for the national team! From that moment on, other swimmers also started being aware of me as a true rival and tough competitor. I proved to my coaches that I was better than they thought and being considered as a threat by the other swimmers was a great feeling!
Goals:
To continue to push myself as a swimmer and become the best swimmer I can possible be. I also want to continue to be successful as a student and graduate from college in the US!
Anything else we should know?
I am a dedicated and hardworking swimmer who will always give it his all, not only in races, but in every practice session!