Mandy Loots

Amanda Toni "Mandy" Loots (born 3 August 1978 in Gwelo, Rhodesia) 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.

At the 1999 All-Africa Games, she was South Africa's most decorated athlete at the Games, winning 6 gold medals. 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: Olympics: 1996, 2000, 2008 Commonwealth Games: 1994, 2002, 2006 All-Africa Games: 1999, 2007 African Swimming Championships: 2008, 2010

References

1978 births

Living people

Sportspeople from Gweru

Afrikaner people

Zimbabwean emigrants to South Africa

South African people of Dutch descent

Olympic swimmers for South Africa

Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa

African Games gold medalists for South Africa

African Games medalists in swimming

African Games silver medalists for South Africa

Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games

Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games