Mandy Loots

Mandy Loots
Personal information
Full name Amanda Toni Loots
Nationality  South Africa
Born (1978-08-03) 3 August 1978
Gwelo, Rhodesia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes butterfly

Amanda Toni "Mandy" Loots (born 3 August 1978 in Gwelo, 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:

References

  1. Loots entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-09-22.
  2. (1999) All Africa Games - Day 6 by Neville Smith from SwimNews. Published 1999-09-18, retrieved 2011-07-30.
Awards
Preceded by
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry
African Swimmer of the Year
2010
Succeeded by
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry
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