Lize-Mari Retief
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Lize-Mari Retief is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer
from South Africa
. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics
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At the 2008 South African Nationals in April, she set 3 South African Records: 50 free, 50 fly and 100 fly.
She has swum for South Africa at the:
At the 2003 All-Africa Games
, she won the most individual medals of any female swimmer: 5 golds and 1 silver.
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
from South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics
South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics
South Africa competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The team included 136 athletes, as of 10 July 2008....
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At the 2008 South African Nationals in April, she set 3 South African Records: 50 free, 50 fly and 100 fly.
She has swum for South Africa at the:
- Olympics: 2008Swimming at the 2008 Summer OlympicsSwimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21...
- Commonwealth Games: 2006Aquatics at the 2006 Commonwealth GamesThe Aquatics events at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre and were divided into 3 separate disciplines, with medals awarded in 54 events:*Diving *Swimming *Synchronized swimming...
- All-Africa Games: 2003Swimming at the 2003 All-Africa GamesSwimming at the 8th All-Africa Games was held October 5-11, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 117 swimmers from 21 nations swam in the meet. Competition was held in a 50-meter pool....
At the 2003 All-Africa Games
Swimming at the 2003 All-Africa Games
Swimming at the 8th All-Africa Games was held October 5-11, 2003 in Abuja, Nigeria. 117 swimmers from 21 nations swam in the meet. Competition was held in a 50-meter pool....
, she won the most individual medals of any female swimmer: 5 golds and 1 silver.