Karin Prinsloo (born 2 December 1989) is a South African swimmer. She was a member of the 2012 South Africa Olympic team, and competed in two individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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Personal life

Prinsloo was born in

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, in 1989 and she attended Ben Viljoen High School in

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, where she graduated in 2007. Then she attended

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, where she is coached by Igor Omeltchenko.

Swimming career

All Africa Games 2011

Prinsloo narrowly missed out on the gold medal in the woman's 100 m backstroke, where she was up against African record holder

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. Coventry touched first in 1:00.86 with Prinsloo less than a second behind in 1:01.46 and

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, third in 1:07.27. Prinsloo struck gold later as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay team of Natasha de Vos, Roxanne Tammadge and Suzaan van Biljon.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 20th overall in the heats in the Women's 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:59.24, and failed to reach the semifinals. She reached the finals of the 200 m backstroke, but was not fast enough to reach the final.

2014 Commonwealth Games

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Prinsloo competed in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, and the freestyle, freestyle and medley relays.

References

1989 births Living people People from Ephraim Mogale Local Municipality Afrikaner people South African people of Dutch descent South African female swimmers Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics South African female freestyle swimmers African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games silver medalists for South Africa Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games Swimmers at the 2015 African Games African Games medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Limpopo Commonwealth Games competitors for South Africa 20th-century South African women 21st-century South African women {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub