Michael Houlie (born 27 June 2000) is a South African

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. He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the

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. In 2019, he represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. He also competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the

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2022

Houlie achieved a

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and

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qualifying time in the 50 metre breaststroke with a gold medal-winning time of 27.22 seconds at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships. SwimSA TV (9 April 2022)
"National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4"
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''. Retrieved 9 April 2022. While his time did achieve the qualifying standard, he was not automatically qualified for the World Championships team as swimmers were required to qualify in Olympic events per the selection criteria.Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022)
"18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs"
'' News24''. Retrieved 9 April 2022. Upon completion of the Championships,

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named him as a qualifier for both the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games in the 50 metre breaststroke."Sates wraps up SA Championships with fourth national title"
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''. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022)
"Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad"
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''. Retrieved 19 June 2022. Day two of

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, conducted in July and August in

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, England, Houlie ranked twelfth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke, qualifying for the semifinals with his time of 1:01.62."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. In the semifinals, he placed twelfth with a time of 1:01.24 and did not qualify for the event final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Breaststroke Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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''. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Two days later, he swam a time of 27.10 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke, tying

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for overall first-rank and qualifying for the semifinals.Burnard, Lloyd (1 August 2022)
"Schoenmaker, Van Niekerk set for epic showdown as SA swimmers shine in Birmingham"
'' News24''. Retrieved 1 August 2022."A Team England clean sweep as 14 swimmers progress to tonight's session"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. He ranked third overall in the semifinals, second in his heat behind Sam Williamson of

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, with a time of 27.39 seconds and qualified for the final."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Breaststroke Semi-Finals Results Summary"
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''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022."Coetze, Gallagher claim silver as Team SA finish off stellar day at Commonwealth Games"
'' News24''. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022. He finished 0.04 seconds behind bronze medalist

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in the final, with a time of 27.36 seconds, to place fourth."Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022."Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals"
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''. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022. At the

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, held in

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, Houlie competed representing the University of Tennessee and helped win a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay on day two, splitting a 50.96 for the freestyle leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 3:43.44.

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(1 December 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Results"
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''. Retrieved 2 December 2022. The following day, he placed fifth in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:02.08.

(2 December 2022)
"2022 Toyota U.S. Open Championships: Men's 100m Breaststroke Final Results"
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Houlie, Michael 2000 births Living people South African male breaststroke swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2019 African Games African Games medalists in swimming African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Youth Olympic gold medalists for South Africa Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for South Africa Universiade medalists in swimming Tennessee Volunteers men's swimmers Sportspeople from Cape Town 21st-century South African people Universiade silver medalists for South Africa Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games