Suzaan van Biljon (born 26 April 1988 in

Bloemfontein, South Africa Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legislative capital Cape Tow ...

) is an Olympic-

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from

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. She swam for South Africa at the

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and

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, and as of June 2009 holds both

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and South African records. She holds the African record for the long course 200 m breaststroke, set at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the short course records in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Her brother, Pite, is an international cricketer who has represented the

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Affiliations

*TuksSport -

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...

, South Africa Our Sponsored Athletes Retrieved June 25, 2011

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Van Biljon rounds off a successful season
1988 births Living people South African people of British descent Sportspeople from Bloemfontein South African female swimmers University of Pretoria alumni Female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa South African people of Dutch descent Afrikaner people Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games medalists in swimming African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games Swimmers at the 2011 All-Africa Games 20th-century South African women 21st-century South African women Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub