(2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 21)[2] Pretoria, South Africa
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Breaststroke
Coach
Eugene da Ponte[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing South Africa
Event
1st
2nd
3rd
World Championships (LC)
0
0
1
World Championships (SC)
0
1
0
Commonwealth Games
2
0
0
African Championships
4
0
0
Total
6
1
1
World Championships (LC)
2022 Budapest
50 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
2022 Melbourne
50 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham
50 m breaststroke
2022 Birmingham
100 m breaststroke
African Championships
2018 Algiers
50 m breaststroke
2018 Algiers
100 m breaststroke
2018 Algiers
200 m breaststroke
2018 Algiers
4×100 m medley
African Junior Championships
2017 Cairo
50 m breaststroke
2017 Cairo
100 m breaststroke
2017 Cairo
4×100 m medley
2017 Cairo
4×100 m mixed medley
2017 Cairo
200 m breaststroke
Lara van Niekerk (born 13 May 2003) is a South African competitive swimmer. She is the current African, Commonwealth, and South African record holder in the long course 50-metre breaststroke and the African and South African record holder in the short course 50-metre breaststroke. She won gold medals in the 50-metre breaststroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as a silver medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships and the bronze medal at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships (long course) in the same event. In the 100-metre breaststroke, she won gold medals at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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LaravanNiekerk (born 13 May 2003) is a South African competitive swimmer. She is the current African, Commonwealth, and South African record holder in...
time of 1:05.74, which was 1.66 seconds faster than silver medalist LaravanNiekerk. Her times in the 100-metre and 200-metre breaststroke, qualified her...
Lazor also swam 1:05.60 (2021). Anna Elendt also swam 1:05.62 (2022). LaravanNiekerk also swam 1:05.67 (2022). Sophie Hansson also swam 1:05.69 (2021, 2021)...
Olympic Games, and more recently, swimmers Tatjana Schoenmaker and LaravanNiekerk have both broken world records and won gold medals at the Olympic and...
Heavyweight Champion Gurthrö Steenkamp: Rugby Player Roelof van der Merwe: Cricketer LaravanNiekerk: Swimmer Duane Vermeulen: Springboks Captain Jan de Wet:...
former footballer Kaylene Corbett, South African professional swimmer LaravanNiekerk, South African professional swimmer Neil Winstanley, former footballer...
breaststroke to 30.20 seconds, finishing five-hundredths of a second ahead of LaravanNiekerk of South Africa to win the gold medal. At the first dual meet of her...
1989 and 1990, and Kristin Otto (GDR) in 1984, 1986 and 1988. Franziska van Almsick is the youngest female to have won the award, having turned 15 on...
September 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2017. Amir Chetty (7 April 2018). "VanNiekerk shines on opening day of national swimming champs in Bay". heraldlive...
"Campionati Sudafrica. Giorno 4. Chad Le Clos: 100 farfalla (51.37). LaravanNiekerk: 50 rana (29.78)" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 15 April 2023. Retrieved...
South Africa Women tour of England". Retrieved 27 June 2022. "No Dane vanNiekerk for Commonwealth Games too, Luus to continue as South Africa captain"...
31 January 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023. "Andile Dlamini, LaravanNiekerk and Daniel van Vuuren win big at Gauteng Sports awards | soccer". SABC. 19...
Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014. "VanNiekerk Shines On Opening Day Of National Swimming Championships". Swimming South...
Faber FP 11 Todd Howard FP 12 Jonathan Swanepoel FP 13 Gareth May GK Sven van Zyl FP Group play Source: Sportresult Rules for classification: 1) points;...
details LaravanNiekerk South Africa 29.73 GR Imogen Clark England 30.02 NR Chelsea Hodges Australia 30.05 OC 100 metre breaststroke details Laravan Niekerk...
African Champs Day 1 Prelims: VanNiekerk Blasts World-Leading 50 Breast". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 April 2022. "LaravanNiekerk smashes records at swimming...
33 seconds behind the first-ranked swimmer in the preliminary heats LaravanNiekerk of South Africa. In August, Gaspard competed at her first LEN European...
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