Lize-Mari Retief
Appearance
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Born | Bloemfontein, South Africa | 30 November 1986|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lize-Mari Retief (born 30 November 1986 in Bloemfontein, South Africa)[1] is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 Olympics.
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.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Retief's entry at www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ^ (2003) All African Games Roundup & Results by Chaker Belhadj for SwimNews. Published 2003-10-24; retrieved 2011-07-29.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1986 births
- Sportspeople from Bloemfontein
- Alumni of St Mary's School, Waverley
- South African female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for South Africa
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Afrikaner people
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- African Games gold medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in swimming
- African Games silver medalists for South Africa
- Competitors at the 2003 All-Africa Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games