Tag: Penny Heyns
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Ultimate Swimmer Podcast: Penny Heyns
Penny Heyns is one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers in the history of the sport. She won gold in the 100 and 200 Meter Breaststroke at the Olympics in 1996 and is the only female swimmer ever to win both breaststroke events in the same Olympics. We hope you enjoy this interview with the great…
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Tokyo Olympics I Unlocking opportunities for swimmers and other aquatic athletes: Penny Heyns
Former Olympic and World champions, Penny Heyns and Bryan Habana have teamed up to give aquatic athletes a, much-needed boost after the effects of the pandemic on the sports industry. They are on a mission to unlock commercial opportunities for swimmers and other aquatic athletes in the build-up to Tokyo Olympics. Penny Heyns joins me…
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Penny Heyns talks to Cottage Lane students in partnership with the World Anti-Doping Agency
Through a collaboration with Cottage Lane and WADA, South African Gold medal swimmer Penny Heyns answers students’ questions.
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Interview w/ Cameron van der Burgh & Penny Heyns | FINA World Aquatics Convention 2018
Penny Heyns – Olympic gold medalist, Chairperson of the FINA Athletes Committee Cameron van der Burgh – Olympic gold medalist Watch all video from the FINA World Aquatics Convention 2018 in Hangzhou (China) at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…
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Don’t rush greatness
In their first Olympics, in Barcelona in 1992, Penny Heyns came 33rd and 34th in her events. In his Olympic debut in Beijing in 2008, Cameron van der Burgh did not make it out of the semi-finals. Ryk Neethling took fifth in the 1500m freestyle in Atlanta and Sydney, and eighth in the 400m freestyle…