Mandy Loots
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| Full name | Amanda Toni Loots | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
3 August 1978 Gweru, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | butterfly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Amanda Toni "Mandy" Loots (born 3 August 1978 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia)[1] is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics.
In November 2009, she set the African Record and South African Record in the short-course (25m) 200 fly.
At the 1999 All-Africa Games, she was South Africa's most decorated athlete at the Games, winning 6 gold medals.[2]
She has swum for South Africa at the:
- Olympics: 1996, 2000, 2008
- Commonwealth Games: 2002, 2006
- All-Africa Games: 1999, 2007
- African Swimming Championships: 2008, 2010
References
- ↑ Loots entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-09-22.
- ↑ (1999) All Africa Games - Day 6 by Neville Smith from SwimNews. Published 1999-09-18, retrieved 2011-07-30.
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Preceded by Kirsty Coventry |
African Swimmer of the Year 2010 |
Succeeded by Kirsty Coventry |