Suzaan van Biljon

Suzaan van Biljon
Personal information
Full name Suzaan van Biljon
Nationality  South Africa
Born (1988-04-26) 26 April 1988
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Breaststroke

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

References

  1. "Athlete Profile - Suzaan van Biljon". Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
  2. "Suzaan van Biljon Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. "Women's 200m Breaststroke - Olympic Swimming | London 2012". 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2011-06-25. Our Sponsored Athletes Retrieved June 25, 2011
Awards
Preceded by
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry
African Swimmer of the Year
2006
Succeeded by
Zimbabwe Kirsty Coventry


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