Viktoria Zeynep Güneş
Turkish swimmer (born 1998)
Viktoria Zeynep Güneş (born Viktoria Solntseva, Ukrainian: Вікторія Солнцева, 19 June 1998) is a Ukraine-born Turkish (since 2014) swimmer. She represents Energy Standard in the International Swimming League.
Güneş is currently serving a 24-month competition ban due to expire in May 2026 for an anti-doping rule violation for missing three tests in a 12-month period.
Career
For Ukraine
Solnceva competed for Ukraine at the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai and the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. Solnceva is the current Ukrainian record holder in 100m and 200m breaststroke.
For Turkey
Gunes competed in the 100m breaststroke in seniors at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, narrowly missing a semi-final birth as she placed 17th. She represented Turkey in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, where she reached the semi-finals (top 16) of the 100m breaststroke, placing 15th in the preliminary heats. She swam in the heats of 400m medley 4.41.79 and did not advance. In the 100m breaststroke heats, she qualified for the semifinals with 1.07.14, however in the semifinals swam 1.07.41 and did not advance.
At the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Singapore, she represented Turkey, and won four gold medals.
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