Mandy Loots
Personal information
Full nameAmanda Toni Loots
Nationality South Africa
Born (1978-08-03) 3 August 1978 (age 45)
Gwelo, Rhodesia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbutterfly
Medal record
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 100m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 200m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 4×100m medley relay
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 50m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 200m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 50m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2011 Maputo 200m medley

Amanda Toni "Mandy" Loots (born 3 August 1978 in Gwelo, Rhodesia)[1] is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa.

Swimming career

Loots swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics.

Despite being of South African nationality she won the ASA National British Championships over 100 metres butterfly and the 400 metres medley in 1999.[2][3]

At the 1999 All-Africa Games, she was South Africa's most decorated athlete at the Games, winning 6 gold medals.[4] In November 2009, she set the African Record and South African Record in the short-course (25m) 200 fly.

She has swum for South Africa at the:

References

  1. ^ Loots entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-09-22.
  2. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 12 July 1999, p. 43". The Times. 12 July 1999. p. 43.
  3. ^ ""For the Record." Times, 9 July 1999, p. 49". The Times. 9 July 1999. p. 49.
  4. ^ (1999) All Africa Games – Day 6 by Neville Smith from SwimNews. Published 1999-09-18, retrieved 2011-07-30.
Awards Preceded by Kirsty Coventry African Swimmer of the Year 2010 Succeeded by Kirsty Coventry
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