Mandy Loots
Amanda Toni "Mandy" Loots (born 3 August 1978 in Gwelo, Rhodesia)[1] is a female Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Amanda Toni Loots |
| Nationality |  |
| Born | 3 August 1978 Gwelo, Rhodesia |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | butterfly |
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Swimming career
Loots swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics.
Despite being of South African nationality she won the ASA National British Championships over 100 metres butterfly and the 400 metres medley in 1999.[2][3]
At the 1999 All-Africa Games, she was South Africa's most decorated athlete at the Games, winning 6 gold medals.[4] In November 2009, she set the African Record and South African Record in the short-course (25m) 200 fly.
She has swum for South Africa at the:
- Olympics: 1996, 2000, 2008
- Commonwealth Games: 1994, 2002, 2006
- All-Africa Games: 1999, 2007
- African Swimming Championships: 2008, 2010
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References
- Loots entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-09-22.
- ""For the Record." Times, 12 July 1999, p. 43". Times Digital Archive.
- ""For the Record." Times, 9 July 1999, p. 49". Times Digital Archive.
- (1999) All Africa Games - Day 6 by Neville Smith from SwimNews. Published 1999-09-18, retrieved 2011-07-30.
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Preceded by |
African Swimmer of the Year 2010 |
Succeeded by |
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