Mandy Loots

Mandy Loots

Personal information
Full name	Amanda Loots
Nationality	South Africa
Born	3 August 1978 (1978-08-03) (age 33) Gwelo, Midlands, Zimbabwe
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	butterfly

Mandy Loots (born August 3, 1978 in Gwelo, Zimbabwe)^[1] is an Olympic and national-record-holding swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics.

In November 2009, she set the African Record and South African Record in the short-course (25m) 200 fly.

At the 1999 All-Africa Games, she was South Africa's most decorated athlete at the Games, winning 6 gold medals.^[2]

She has swum for South Africa at the:

• Olympics: 1996, 2000, 2008
• Commonwealth Games: 2002, 2006
• All-Africa Games: 1999, 2007
• African Swimming Championships: 2008, 2010

References

1. ^ Loots entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-09-22.
2. ^ (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 Incumbent

Persondata
Name	Loots, Mandy
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 3, 1978
Place of birth	Gwelo, Midlands, Zimbabwe
Date of death
Place of death