Lize-Mari Retief

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.

Lize-Mari Retief
Personal information
Nationality South Africa
Born (1986-11-30) 30 November 1986
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Sport
SportSwimming

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: 2008
  • Commonwealth Games: 2006
  • All-Africa Games: 2003

At the 2003 All-Africa Games, she won the most individual medals of any female swimmer: 5 golds and 1 silver.[2]

References

  1. Retief's entry at www.sports-reference.com; retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. (2003) All African Games Roundup & Results by Chaker Belhadj for SwimNews. Published 2003-10-24; retrieved 2011-07-29.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.