Carolyn Adel

Carolyn Adel (born 27 August 1978)[1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Suriname. She swam for Suriname at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

Carolyn Adel
Personal information
Full nameCarolyn Adel
National team Suriname
Born (1978-08-27) 27 August 1978
Suriname
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley, freestyle
College teamArizona State University (USA)

She was the most decorated swimmer at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she won 6 events and set 3 Games Records. She also set 7 Suriname Records, which still stand as of December 2010.[2]

She attended university, and swam for, the USA's Arizona State University.[3]

References

  1. Adel's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. (lcm) Long Course Swim Records Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Published by the Surinaamse Zwem Bond on 2010-12-18; retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. Adel bio from the ASU Sun Devils website (thesundevils.com); retrieved 2012-04-21.


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