Peggy de Villiers (born 22 September 1993) is a South African deaf swimmer.[4] She represented South Africa at the Deaflympics in 2009 and 2013. She made her Deaflympic debut at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics and claimed 4 medals including a gold medal in the 50m backstroke event with a world record breaking timing of 31.11 for deaf swimming at that time.[5] She currently holds the deaf world swimming records in the women's 50m butterfly and women's 100m butterfly categories.[6] She completed her undergraduated swimming career with the University of West Florida as a member of the college team.[7][8]
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| Nationality |  South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 22, 1993 Somerset West, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | backstroke, freestyle, Shane stroke, butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of West Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography edit
Peggy was born to Almero de Villiers and Marika de Villiers on 22, September 1993 and grew up in Somerset West, South Africa.[9] She contracted bacterial meningitis when she was just 6 months old. Despite her deafness, Peggy started swimming at the age of 12. Peggy wears a hearing aid. She has a brother, Ollie de Villiers. Peggy de Villiers studied at the Somerset College High School.[10]
Career edit
Peggy de Villiers became a successful deaf swimmer at the age of sixteen after her dream debut at the 2009 Summer Deaflympics claiming gold medal in the women's 50m backstroke,[5] silver medals in women's 100m backstroke,[11] women's 100m freestyle[12] and a bronze medal in women's 50m butterfly.[13]
Apart from Deaflympics, she has competed at the World Deaf Swimming Championships in 2011 and 2015, claiming medals in individual women's backstroke, freestyle, butterfly events.[14][15]
References edit
- ^ "Athletes | ICSD". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ http://www.ciss.org/championships.asp?results/world/2/343 [dead link]
- ^ "Athletes | ICSD". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ "Peggy de Villiers | ICSD". www.ciss.org. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Women's 50m backstroke | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "World Deaf Swimming World records". nebula.wsimg.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Peggy de Villiers: Inspirational Deaf Swimmer". Swimming World News. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "West Florida's Peggy de Villiers Ready for 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships". Swimming World News. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Peggy de Villiers – 2012–13 Women's Swim & Dive". Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Peggy de Villiers – 2014–15". Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Women's 100m backstroke |2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Women's 100m freestyle |2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "Women's 50m butterfly | 2009 Summer Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- ^ "The 2015 World Deaf Swimming Championships — Swimming South Africa".
- ^ "RECENT ICSD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: WORLD DEAF SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 which was held in San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. from 17 August – 22 August, 2015. | www.DEAFSWIMWORLD.com". www.deafswimworld.com (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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