Corney Swanepoel (born 17 March 1986 in Potchefstroom, South Africa) is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from New Zealand. He swam for New Zealand at the

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

and

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

. At the 2008 Olympics, he swam the 100 fly, where he finished 12th, and swam on New Zealand's 5th-place finishing 4 × 100 medley relay. He holds the New Zealand Records in the 50m Butterfly (both long course and short course) and 100m Butterfly (both long course and short course).

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New Zealand Olympic Committee

New Zealand Records

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* * * * * 1986 births Living people Olympic swimmers of New Zealand South African emigrants to New Zealand Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) People educated at Rangitoto College New Zealand male butterfly swimmers 21st-century New Zealand people {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub