Suzaan van Biljon
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Full name | Suzaan van Biljon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Bloemfontein, South Africa | 26 April 1988|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Suzaan van Biljon (born 26 April 1988 in Bloemfontein, South Africa)[1] is an Olympic-swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and as of June 2009 holds both African and South African records.[2] She holds the African record for the long course 200 m breaststroke, set at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the short course records in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke.[3]
Affiliations
- TuksSport - University of Pretoria, South Africa[4]
References
- ↑ "Athlete Profile - Suzaan van Biljon". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ↑ "Suzaan van Biljon Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ "Women's 200m Breaststroke - Olympic Swimming | London 2012". 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
- ↑ http://web.up.ac.za/default.asp?ipkCategoryID=10907 Our Sponsored Athletes Retrieved June 25, 2011
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Preceded by Kirsty Coventry |
African Swimmer of the Year 2006 |
Succeeded by Kirsty Coventry |
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