(1974-11-08) 8 November 1974 (age 49) Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
Height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight
139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
breaststroke
College team
University of Nebraska, USA
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing South Africa
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta
100 m breaststroke
1996 Atlanta
200 m breaststroke
2000 Sydney
100 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
1999 Hong Kong
50 m breaststroke
1999 Hong Kong
100 m breaststroke
1999 Hong Kong
200 m breaststroke
Pan Pacific Championships
1995 Atlanta
100 m breaststroke
1999 Sydney
100 m breaststroke
1999 Sydney
200 m breaststroke
1995 Atlanta
200 m breaststroke
1997 Fukuoka
100 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
1994 Victoria
100 m breaststroke
Goodwill Games
1998 New York
100 m breaststroke
1998 New York
200 m breaststroke
Summer Universiade
1995 Fukuoka
100 m breaststroke
1995 Fukuoka
200 m breaststroke
1997 Catania
100 m breaststroke
All-Africa Games
1995 Harare
100 m breaststroke
1995 Harare
200 m breaststroke
1995 Harare
4 x 100 m medley
1999 Johannesburg
100 m breaststroke
1999 Johannesburg
200 m breaststroke
1999 Johannesburg
4 x 100 m medley
Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS (born 8 November 1974) is a South African former swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events – at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games – making her South Africa's first post-apartheid Olympic gold medallist following South Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992. Along with Australian champion Leisel Jones, Heyns is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers.[1][2]
^"Today in History: Penny Heyns wins gold at 1996 Olympics". Roodepoort Northsider. 23 July 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
^jonas (19 July 2012). "South African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics". South African History Online. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
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