Heide Seyerling (born 19 August 1976) is a former

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

n athlete, born in

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, specializing in the

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and

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. She twice competed at the Olympic Games, in 2000 and 2004. At the 2000 Games she reached the 400 metres final finishing 6th with a new (and still standing now) national record of 50.05. She is married to former sprinter Mathew Quinn.

Competition record

Personal bests

*100 m – 11.35 (-0.3) (Durban 1999) *200 m – 22.63 (+1.8) (Durban 2001) *400 m – 50.05 (Sydney 2000)

References

External links

IAAF profile
1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Port Elizabeth South African female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of South Africa Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 All-Africa Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 All-Africa Games Olympic female sprinters {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub