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Swimming South Africa celebrates top achievers at SA Sports Awards

26 March 2023 - Thanks to a phenomenal year of performances in the pool, swimmers claimed much of the spotlight at the annual SA Sports Awards held at Sun City on Saturday night.

Mar 26, 2023

Buck doubles up at SA Open Water Championships while teen Lotter stuns the women’s 10km field

12 March 2023 - Connor Buck emerged as the dominant force at the SA Open Water Championships at Marina Martinique near Jeffreys Bay over the weekend.

Mar 12, 2023

Swimmers aim for world champs places at SA Open Water Championships this weekend

10 March 2023 - Places on the team to the Swimming World Championships in Japan will be the chief target of the elite swimmers taking part in the SA Open Water Championships which get under way at Marina Martinique today and continue until Sunday.

Mar 10, 2023

Speedy Coetzé, Corbett and Van Niekerk wrap up final meet ahead of national champs

5 March 2023 - World junior champion Pieter Coetzé showed his speedwork is well on track by recording an A qualifying time for the Swimming World Championships in the 50m backstroke on the final day of action at the Grand Prix meet in Durban on Sunday.

Mar 05, 2023

Teen swimming stars Van Niekerk and Coetzé find early form at Durban Grand Prix

4 March 2022 - Double Commonwealth Games champion Lara van Niekerk wasted no time in getting a World Championship and Olympic qualifying mark in the bag at the second Grand Prix meet of the year in Durban.

Mar 04, 2023

King Chad returns to top spot on world short course podium

15 December 2022 - An emotional Chad le Clos claimed a long-awaited gold medal in the 200m butterfly at the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne on Thursday.

Dec 15, 2022

African record for Coetzé as Van Niekerk powers into breaststroke final

14 December 2022 - Teenage sensation Pieter Coetzé came within just a few splits of a medal in the 100m backstroke at the World Short Course Championships in Melbourne on Wednesday. He nevertheless managed to set another African record on his way to fourth place.

Dec 14, 2022

Golden start for Sates at World Short Course Championships in Melbourne

13 December 2022 - Matt Sates kicked off the World Short Course Championships in spectacular fashion, claiming gold in the 200m individual medley and smashing his own African record in the process.

Dec 13, 2022

Resurgent Le Clos leads medal charge at World Short Course Championships Down Under

Friday, 9 December 2022 - Over 1000 swimmers from 180 countries will converge on Melbourne, Australia next week for the 16th edition of the World Short Course Swimming Championships from 13-18 December.

Dec 09, 2022

Matt Sates and Chad Le Clos continued to add gold medals to their tally with another two solid performance on the second day of the Berlin Swimming World Cup

Sates was out on his own this time in the men 200m IM to clock up his second best time of 1:51,62 and win by over 2 seconds ahead of Hubert Kos from Hungary and Danas Rapsys of Lithuania.

Oct 23, 2022

Rising star Matt Sates and veteran Chad le Clos carried the South African flag high as they raced to two gold medals on the first day of the Swimming World Cup in Berlin

It was Sates setting the tone with an SA and Africa record in the men's 400m freestyle in a fast 3:36,30.

Oct 23, 2022

SA National Qualifying Times 2022-2023

SA Nationals QT, SA Age Group QT, SA Juniors QT and SA Short Course QT

Oct 06, 2022

Lara van Niekerk wins big at the GSport Awards 2022

CONGRATULATIONS!!! 'Lara van Niekerk'

Sep 16, 2022

Golden finish for Coetzé at World Junior Swimming Championships

Monday, 5 September 2022 - Pieter Coetzé proved to be the star of the South African team at the World Junior Swimming Championships which came to an end in Lima, Peru on Sunday.

Sep 05, 2022

8th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2022

VENUE: Lima (Peru) DATE: 30 August - 04 September 2022

Aug 30, 2022

XV CANA Senior African Championships 2022

VENUE: Tunis (Tunisia) DATE: 20 - 25 August 2022

Aug 20, 2022

Breaststroke battle ensures qualifying times at SA short course champs

Sunday, 14 August 2022 - Lara van Niekerk and Rebecca Meder ensured the SA Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg ended on a high note with both swimmers dipping under the A qualifying time for the World Short Course Championships at the end of the year in the 200m breaststroke.

Aug 14, 2022

Another African record for speedy teen Van Niekerk

Saturday, 13 August 2022 - Pretoria teenager Lara van Niekerk continued her sensational form at the SA Short Course Championships on Saturday, storming to yet another SA and African record in the Pietermaritzburg pool.

Aug 13, 2022

Sates adds two more national titles to his hefty haul

Friday, 12 August 2022 - Relishing being back on home turf, Pietermaritzburg teenager Matt Sates added two more national titles to the three he won a day earlier at the SA Short Course Swimming Championships on Friday.

Aug 13, 2022

Star swimmers back in action at SA Short Course Championships

Thursday, 11 August 2022 - Several stars of Team South Africa’s recent successful Commonwealth Games campaign were back in the pool as the SA Short Course Championships kicked off in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday.

Aug 12, 2022
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Swimming South Africa celebrates top achievers at SA Sports Awards

Mar 26, 2023

Buck doubles up at SA Open Water Championships while teen Lotter stuns the women’s 10km field

Mar 12, 2023

Swimmers aim for world champs places at SA Open Water Championships this weekend

Mar 10, 2023

Speedy Coetzé, Corbett and Van Niekerk wrap up final meet ahead of national champs

Mar 05, 2023