George Du Rand
Appearance
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Full name | Johannes Du Rand | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | South Africa | ||||||||||||||
Born | Bloemfontein, South Africa | 16 October 1982||||||||||||||
Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
College team | Tennessee (USA) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Johannes ("George") Du Rand (born 16 October 1982) is a South African swimmer. As of 2008, he is the African and South African record holder in the men's long course 200 meter backstroke. He is a member of South Africa's 2008 Olympic[1] team.
He competed in the United States for the University of Tennessee.
Among other events, he has swum at the:
See also
References
- ^ First SA athletes named for Beijing team Mail & Guardian online. Published 23 April 2008; retrieved 11 July 2008.
External links
Categories:
- Use dmy dates from September 2012
- South African swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of South Africa
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- 1982 births
- People from Bloemfontein
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
- Tennessee Volunteers men's swimmers
- University of Tennessee alumni
- South African swimming biography stubs