Emma Chelius (born 2 August 1996) is a South African

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Biography

She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

. A month later, she competed at the

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held in Taipei and qualified for the semi-final of the Women's 50m freestyle, where she finishe
14th overall
Finishing 33rd in the 100m freestyle and 24th in the 50m butterfly, Chelius returned to Stellenbosch to finish her final year of studies. In 2018, Chelius competed at the

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held in Gold Coast, Australia. Chelius qualified for the semi-finals in 3 events, the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and the 50m butterfly. In the 50m freestyle semi-final, Emma swam an identical time to the Cyprus swimmer for 10th place. This resulted in a swim-off for the second reserve, which Emma won in 25.5, a time that would have initially qualified for the final. In 2019, she represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. In April 2021, she qualified to represent South Africa at the

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. in the Women's 50m freestyle. Swimming a qualifying time of 24.72 in the morning heats, Emma set a new South African record time and finished 1st in the finals later that day. At the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships, Chelius qualified for the

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in the 50 metre freestyle and 100 metre freestyle."Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships"
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''. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022. She was named to the

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team the following month.du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022)
"Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad"
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''. Retrieved 19 June 2022. She placed 22nd in the 100 metre freestyle at the World Championships with a time of 55.39 seconds.

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''. Retrieved 22 June 2022. For the prelims session on the day of the 100 metre freestyle, she was the only pool swimmer to compete in any event representing South Africa.Snyman, Anton (22 June 2022)
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''. Retrieved 22 June 2022. In the preliminaries of the 50 metre freestyle, she achieved a time of 24.87 seconds, swimming within a quarter of a second of the South African record in the event, and qualifying for the semifinals ranking seventh.

(24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 24 June 2022.Jonckheere, Karien (24 June 2022)
"SA swimmer Van Niekerk edges close to African record en route to world champs semi-final"
'' News24''. Retrieved 24 June 2022. Swimming a 24.87 in the semifinals as well, she placed ninth in the event, ranking just one-hundredth of a second behind the eighth qualifier for the final

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(24 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Women's 50m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 24 June 2022. In the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay, on day one of swimming at the

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, Chelius and her prelims relay teammates were disqualified and did not advance to the final of the event."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022. For the 50 metre freestyle preliminaries the following morning, she ranked fifth overall and qualified for the evening semifinals.Burnard, Lloyd (30 July 2022)
"Strong showing from SA swimmers as all eyes turn to teenage sensation Van Niekerk"
'' News24''. Retrieved 30 July 2022. She ranked fifth in the semifinals after finishing third in semifinal heat two and qualified for the final.Taylor, Craig (30 July 2022)
"Van Niekerk, Coetze claim SA's first gold medals of Commonwealth Games"
'' News24''. Retrieved 30 July 2022. In the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay, she split a 55.14 for the second leg of the relay to help place fourth in 3:40.31."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. The following day, she placed fourth in the final of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 24.78 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 50m Freestyle Final Results"
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''. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022. On day four, she ranked ninth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre freestyle and qualified for the semifinals with her time of 55.63 seconds."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. She continued to place eleventh with a time of 55.80 seconds in the semifinals."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. Splitting a 54.79 for the freestyle leg of the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay the following day in the preliminaries, she helped qualify the relay to the final ranking fourth with a time of 3:51.56."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022. For the finals relay, Aimee Canny substituted in for her and the relay placed fourth."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.

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