Karin Prinsloo

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Karin Prinsloo
Personal information
Full nameKarin Prinsloo
Nationality South Africa
Born (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 32)
Marble Hall, Limpopo, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight154 lb (70 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle
ClubNorthern Tigers (University of Pretoria)
Medal record
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 200 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 4×100 m mixed medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 4×200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed medley

Karin Prinsloo (born 2 December 1989) is a South African swimmer.[1] She was a member of the 2012 South Africa Olympic team, and competed in two individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Personal life[]

Prinsloo was born in Marble Hall, Limpopo, in 1989 and she attended in Groblersdal, where she graduated in 2007.

Then she attended University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa, where she is coached by Igor Omeltchenko.

Swimming career[]

All Africa Games 2011[]

Prinsloo narrowly missed out on the gold medal in the woman's 100 m backstroke, where she was up against African record holder Kirsty Coventry, of Zimbabwe. Coventry touched first in 1:00.86 with Prinsloo less than a second behind in 1:01.46 and Amel Melih, of Algeria, third in 1:07.27.[2]

Prinsloo struck gold later as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay team of , and Suzaan van Biljon.[2]

2012 Summer Olympics[]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 20th overall in the heats in the Women's 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:59.24, and failed to reach the semifinals.[3] She reached the finals of the 200 m backstroke, but was not fast enough to reach the final.[3]

2014 Commonwealth Games[]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Prinsloo competed in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, and the 4 x 100 m freestyle, 4 x 200 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley relays.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Karin Prinsloo". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Prinsloo adds two medals to her tally".
  3. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karin Prinsloo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Karin Prinsloo Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
Awards
Preceded by African Swimmer of the Year
2013, 2014 		Succeeded by


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