Peggy de Villiers

Peggy de Villiers
Personal information
Nationality  South Africa
Born (1993-09-22) September 22, 1993
Somerset West, South Africa
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes backstroke, freestyle, butterfly
College team University of West Florida

Peggy de Villiers (born 22 September 1993) is a South African deaf swimmer.[4] She has represented South Africa at the Deaflympics in 2009 and 2013. She made her Deaflympic debut at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and claimed 4 medals including a gold medal in the 50m backstroke event with a world record breaking timing of 31.11 for deaf swimming at that time.[5] She currently holds the deaf world swimming records in the women's 50m butterfly and women's 100m butterfly categories.[6]Currently, she is continuing her swimming career with the University of West Florida and also regarded as a member of the college team.[7][8]

Biography

Peggy was born and grew up in Somerset West, South Africa to Almero de Villiers and Marika de Villiers on 22, September 1993.[9] She confronted with bacterial meningitis when she was just 6 months old. Despite her deafness, she started swimming at the age of 12. Peggy has adopted to efficient communication skills and has worn a hearing aid. She too has a brother, Ollie de Villiers. Peggy de Villiers studied at the Somerset College High School.[10]

Career

Peggy de Villiers became a successful deaf swimmer at the age of sixteen after her dream debut at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics claiming gold medal in the women's 50m backstroke[5], silver medals in women's 100m backstroke[11], women's 100m freestyle[12] and a bronze medal in women's 50m butterfly.[13]

Apart from Deaflympics, she has competed at the World Deaf Swimming Championships in 2011 and 2015, claiming medals in individual women's backstroke, freestyle, butterfly events.[14][15]

References

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  4. ↑ "Peggy de Villiers | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  5. 1 2 "Women's 50m backstroke | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  6. ↑ "World Deaf Swimming World records". nebula.wsimg.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  7. ↑ "Peggy de Villiers: Inspirational Deaf Swimmer". Swimming World News. 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  8. ↑ "West Florida's Peggy de Villiers Ready for 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships". Swimming World News. 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  9. ↑ "Peggy de Villiers - 2012-13 Women's Swim & Dive". Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  10. ↑ "Peggy de Villiers - 2014-15". Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  11. ↑ "Women's 100m backstroke |2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  12. ↑ "Women's 100m freestyle |2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  13. ↑ "Women's 50m butterfly | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  14. ↑ http://swimsa.org/news/the-2015-world-deaf-swimming-championships-1
  15. ↑ "RECENT ICSD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: WORLD DEAF SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 which was held in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. from 17 August – 22 August, 2015. | www.DEAFSWIMWORLD.com". www.deafswimworld.com (in German). Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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