Suzaan van Biljon
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| Full name | Suzaan van Biljon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1988 Bloemfontein, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Suzaan van Biljon(born 26 April 1988 inBloemfontein, South Africa)[1]is an Olympic-swimmerfromSouth Africa.She swam for South Africa at the2008and2012 Olympics,and as of June 2009 holds bothAfricanandSouth 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]
Her brother,Pite,is an international cricketer who has represented theSouth Africa cricket team.[4]
Affiliations
[edit]- TuksSport -University of Pretoria,South Africa[5]
References
[edit]- ^"Athlete Profile - Suzaan van Biljon".Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived fromthe originalon 2 August 2008.Retrieved24 June2008.
- ^"Suzaan van Biljon Bio, Stats, and Results".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved24 July2017.
- ^"Women's 200m Breaststroke - Olympic Swimming | London 2012".21 August 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 21 August 2012.Retrieved24 July2017.
- ^"Van Biljon delighted with national call-up".OFM.Retrieved13 February2021.
- ^"Our Sponsored Athletes > University of Pretoria".Archived fromthe originalon 30 September 2012.Retrieved25 June2011.Our Sponsored Athletes Retrieved June 25, 2011
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- 1988 births
- Living people
- South African people of British descent
- Sportspeople from Bloemfontein
- South African female swimmers
- University of Pretoria alumni
- Female breaststroke swimmers
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for South Africa
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- South African people of Dutch descent
- Afrikaner people
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- African Games gold medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in swimming
- African Games bronze medalists for South Africa
- Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- Swimmers at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- 20th-century South African women
- 21st-century South African women
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
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