Gerhard Zandberg
South African swimmer (born 1983)
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Full name | Johannes Gerhardus Zandberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1983-04-23) 23 April 1983 (age 41) Pretoria, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TuksSport[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gerhard Zandberg (born 23 April 1983) is a retired Olympic swimmer from South Africa.[2] He swam for South Africa at:
- Olympics: 2004, 2008
- World Championships: 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011
- Commonwealth Games: 2006, 2010
- African Games: 2007, 2011
- Short Course Worlds: 2008
At the 2008 Olympics, he set the African and South African records in the long course 100 Back (53.75). At the 2009 World Championships, he set the same two records in the 50 back (24.34).
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
References
- ^ New season off with a bang Archived 30 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-06-25
- ^ "Athlete Profile – Gerhardus (Gerhard) Zandberg". NOCSA. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
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World long-course champions in men's 50 m backstroke
- 2001: Randall Bal (USA)
- 2003: Thomas Rupprath (GER)
- 2005: Aristeidis Grigoriadis (GRE)
- 2007: Gerhard Zandberg (RSA)
- 2009: Liam Tancock (GBR)
- 2011: Liam Tancock (GBR)
- 2013: Camille Lacourt (FRA)
- 2015: Camille Lacourt (FRA)
- 2017: Camille Lacourt (FRA)
- 2019: Zane Waddell (RSA)
- 2022: Justin Ress (USA)
- 2023: Hunter Armstrong (USA)
- 2024: Isaac Cooper (AUS)
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