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Lara van Niekerk

January 01, 1970

Lara van Niekerk (born 13 May 2003) is a South African competitive swimmer. She is the current African, Commonwealth, and South African record holder in the long course 50-metre breaststroke and the African and South African record holder in the short course 50-metre breaststroke. She won gold medals in the 50-metre breaststroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as a silver medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships and the bronze medal at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships (long course) in the same event. In the 100-metre breaststroke, she won gold medals at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Lara van Niekerk
van Niekerk in 2022
Personal information
National team South Africa
Born (2003-05-13) 13 May 2003 (age 20)[2]
Pretoria, South Africa
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
CoachEugene da Ponte[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  South Africa
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (LC) 0 0 1
World Championships (SC) 0 1 0
Commonwealth Games 2 0 0
African Championships 4 0 0
Total 6 1 1
World Championships (LC)
2022 Budapest 50 m breaststroke
World Championships (SC)
2022 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham 50 m breaststroke
2022 Birmingham 100 m breaststroke
African Championships
2018 Algiers 50 m breaststroke
2018 Algiers 100 m breaststroke
2018 Algiers 200 m breaststroke
2018 Algiers 4×100 m medley
African Junior Championships
2017 Cairo 50 m breaststroke
2017 Cairo 100 m breaststroke
2017 Cairo 4×100 m medley
2017 Cairo 4×100 m mixed medley
2017 Cairo 200 m breaststroke

Background edit

Van Niekerk was born 13 May 2003 in South Africa.[2]

Career edit

2017–2019 edit

At the 2017 African Junior Swimming Championships in Cairo, Egypt in March, Van Niekerk won a total of five medals including gold medals in the 100-metre breaststroke, 4×100-metre mixed medley relay, 50-metre breaststroke, 4×100-metre medley relay, and a silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke.[2]

2018 African Championships
  200 m breaststroke 2:35.25
  50 m breaststroke 31.99 (CR)
  100 m breaststroke 1:11.13
  4×100 m medley 4:12.83

In 2018, at the year's African Swimming Championships in Algiers, Algeria, Van Niekerk won a gold medal in each of the four events she competed.[3] She won her first gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke with a time of 2:35.25.[3][4] For her second gold medal, she won the 50-metre breaststroke with a new Championships record time of 31.99 seconds, which broke the former record of 32.06 seconds set by Tilka Paljk of Zambia in the prelims heats.[3][5] In the 100-metre breaststroke, she won her third gold medal of the Championships, finishing over eight-tenths of a second ahead of the silver medalist in the event with a time of 1:11.13.[3][6] For her fourth and final event of the Championships, she concluded with another gold medal, this time helping win the 4×100-metre medley relay in 4:12.83, splitting a 1:10.40 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.[3][7]

The following year, Van Niekerk competed in four events at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest, Hungary, placing fourth in the 50-metre breaststroke with a 31.12, 20th in the 100-metre breaststroke with a 1:10.95, 30th in the 200-metre breaststroke with a 2:36.91, and tenth in 4:15.71 as part of the 4×100-metre medley relay with a split of 1:11.42 for the breaststroke leg of the relay.[8]

2021 edit

In April 2021, at the 2021 South Africa National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha, Van Niekerk won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke with a time of 1:07.40, which was 1.68 seconds faster than the Olympic Selection Time of 1:09.08 and 0.33 seconds slower than the Olympic Qualification Time of 1:07.07, however she was not sent to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics as that one roster spot went to automatic qualifier Tatjana Schoenmaker who won the gold medal in an Olympic Qualifying Time.[9][10][11]

At the 2021 South Africa National Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg in September, Van Niekerk set two new African and South African records in the short course 50-metre breaststroke, first setting a mark of 30.06 seconds in the prelims heats, then lowering her records to a time of 29.85 seconds in the final.[12][13] Her swim made her the first South African woman to swim the race in less than 30 seconds.[12][14] Approximately two months later, she set new African, South African, and Commonwealth records in the long course 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 29.88 seconds at the 2021 Northern Tigers Swimming Championships in Pretoria.[14][15] With her time of 29.88 seconds, she also became the first South African woman to finish the event faster than 30 seconds and the seventh-fastest female swimmer in the event in history.[14][16]

2022 edit

2022 South Africa National Championships (LC) edit

Van Niekerk swam faster than 1:07.00 in the long course 100-metre breaststroke twice at the 2022 Grand Prix international meet number two in Durban in February, first swimming a personal best time of 1:06.52 in the preliminary heats, then a 1:06.74 in the final.[17][18] For the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha in April, in part a selection meet to determine the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games South Africa team members, she entered to compete in the 50-metre breaststroke, 50-metre freestyle, 50-metre butterfly, and 100-metre breaststroke.[19] On the first day of competition, 6 April, she set new African, South African, and Commonwealth records in the 50-metre breaststroke, lowering her former mark of 29.88 seconds from 2021 to 29.72 seconds in the prelims heats of the event.[20][21][22][23] The records were ratified by the governing body for aquatic sports in South Africa, Swimming South Africa, on 7 April 2022.[23]

In the final, Van Niekerk placed first in 30.60 seconds, finishing 0.27 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Tatjana Schoenmaker and attaining a qualifying time for both the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games.[24][25][26] In the prelims heats of the 50-metre freestyle on day two, she swam a 27.53 in prelims heat six and did not advance to the final in the evening.[27] For the 50-metre butterfly prelims heats on day three, she placed sixth in prelims heat one with a time of 28.57 seconds, not making the top eight across all prelims heats and thus not qualifying for the evening final.[28] On the fourth day, in the prelims heats of the 100-metre breaststroke, she swam a personal best time of 1:06.08 and qualified for the evening final, where she went on to swim a personal best time of 1:05.67 to win the gold medal and achieve a qualifying time for the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.[29][30][31] She was named to both the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games teams.[32][33]

2022 World Aquatics Championships edit

In her first event of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, the 100-metre breaststroke, Van Niekerk qualified for the evening semifinals with a time of 1:06.75 and rank of tenth from the preliminaries.[34] She equalled her time of 1:06.75 in the semifinals, this time placing thirteenth and not advancing to the final.[35][36] In the preliminaries of the 50-metre breaststroke five days later, she ranked first overall with a time of 29.77 seconds and advanced to the semifinals.[37][38][39] She finished in a time of 29.99 seconds in the semifinals, qualifying for the final ranking third behind Benedetta Pilato of Italy and Rūta Meilutytė of Lithuania.[40] In the final of the 50-metre breaststroke, she won the first medal for South Africa in any aport at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, a bronze medal with a time of 29.90 seconds, and continued on the streak of South Africa winning at least one medal at a FINA World Aquatics Championships since 2001.[41][42][1]

2022 Commonwealth Games edit

On the first day of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England starting the month following the World Championships, Van Niekerk ranked first in the preliminaries of the 50-metre breaststroke, setting a new Games record with her time of 29.82 seconds and qualifying for the semifinals.[43][44][45][46] She lowered her Games record to a 29.80 in the semifinals, qualifying for the final ranking first.[47][48][49] In the final the following day, she won the gold medal with a Games record time of 29.73 seconds.[50][51][52] Her gold medal was the first medal of any kind for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in any sport.[53][54][55]

Day four, Van Niekerk qualified for the semifinals of the 100-metre breaststroke with a 1:06.40 in the morning preliminaries, which was 0.70 seconds ahead of second-ranked Tatjana Schoenmaker.[56] Swimming under the 1:06.00 threshold for the first time at a Commonwealth Games in the semifinals with a time of 1:05.96, she qualified for the final of the event along with fellow South Africans Tatjana Schoenmaker, who ranked second, and Kaylene Corbett, who ranked seventh.[57] She won the gold medal in the final with a personal best time of 1:05.47.[58][59][60] Later in the session, she helped set new African and South African records in the 4×100-metre mixed medley relay in the final, splitting a 1:05.41 to contribute to the new records's time of 3:44.38 and help place fourth.[61] Day six of six, she split a 1:05.56 in the final of the 4×100-metre medley relay, contributing to a fourth-place finish less than two-tenths of a second behind the team from England in a new African and South African record time of 3:59.63.[62]

2022 South Africa National Championships (SC) edit

At the 2022 South Africa Short Course Championships, held in mid-August in Pietermaritzburg, Van Niekerk set a new African record in the 50-metre breaststroke with a time of 29.62 seconds, which doubled as a qualifying time for the 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships.[63][64][65] Prior to setting the new record and winning the gold medal in the evening final, she set a new record of 29.67 seconds in the morning preliminaries heats.[65] She also achieved a qualifying time, and the national title, in the 200-metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 2:22.75.[66] Earlier in the Championships, she achieved qualifying and personal best times in the 100-metre breaststroke twice, first in the preliminaries heats with a time of 1:04.92, and second in the final of the event with a 1:04.89 to win the gold medal and national title.[67]

2022 World Short Course Championships edit

On day two of the 2022 World Short Course Championships in December, Van Niekerk ranked second in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre with a personal best time of 1:03.93, advancing to the semifinals.[68][69] For the evening session, she tied for fifth-rank in the semifinals with a time of 1:04.36 and qualified for the final.[69][70] She placed fifth in the final the following day with a time of 1:04.12.[71] The fifth morning, she ranked third in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke, setting a new African record with a time of 29.45 seconds and qualifying for the semifinals.[72][73] In the evening, she lowered the African record to 29.27 seconds and qualified for the final ranking third.[73][74][75] She won the first silver medal for South Africa at the competition, and the second silver medal for South Africa in the female event following Penelope Heyns in 1999, in the final, finishing in a new African record time of 29.09 seconds.[76][77]

2023 edit

At the long course 2023 South African National Championships in April in Gqeberha, Van Niekerk achieved a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time in the 100-metre breaststroke on day one with a time of 1:06.96 and overall rank of first in the morning preliminaries.[78] She improved her qualifying time to a 1:06.74 in the final, winning the silver medal.[79] On the fourth day, she won the gold medal and national title in the 50-metre breaststroke with a World Championships qualifying time of 29.78 seconds, which was 0.93 seconds faster than the next-fastest competitor.[80][81] On the final day of the 2023 Mare Nostrum tour, 21 May, she won the gold medal in the 50-metre breaststroke with a tour record time of 29.75 seconds.[82]

International championships (50 m) edit

Meet 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke 4×100 medley relay 4×100 mixed medley relay
Junior level
AJC 2017
(age: 13)		  
(33.16)		  
(1:12.13)		  
(2:38.68)		  
(relay - 4:26.97)		  
(relay - 4:16.00)
WJC 2019
(age: 16)		 4th
(31.12)		 20th
(1:10.95)		 30th
(2:36.91)		 10th
(relay - 4:15.71)
Senior level
AC 2018
(age: 15)		  
(31.99 CR)		  
(1:11.13)		  
(2:35.25)		  
(relay - 4:12.83)
WC 2022
(age: 19)		  
(29.90)		 13th
(1:06.75)
CG 2022
(age: 19)		  
(29.73 GR)		  
(1:05.47)		 4th
(relay - 3:59.63 AF)		 4th
(relay - 3:44.38 AF)

International championships (25 m) edit

Meet 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke
WC 2022
(age: 19)		  
(29.09 AF)		 5th
(1:04.12)

Personal best times edit

Long course metres (50 m pool) edit

Event Time Meet Location Date Notes Ref
50 m breaststroke 29.72 h 2022 SA National Swimming Championships Gqeberha 6 April 2022 AF, NR, CR [20]
100 m breaststroke 1:05.47 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 2 August 2022 [58]
200 m breaststroke 2:31.30 2021 South Africa Grand Prix No. 4 Durban 29 May 2021 [2]

Legend: AF – African record; NR – South African record; CR – Commonwealth record

Short course metres (25 m pool) edit

Event Time Meet Location Date Notes Ref
50 m breaststroke 29.09 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 18 December 2022 AF, NR [76]
100 m breaststroke 1:03.93 h 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 14 December 2022 [68][69]
200 m breaststroke 2:22.75 2022 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 14 August 2022 [66]

Legend: AF – African record; NR – South African record

Continental and national records edit

Long course metres (50 m pool) edit

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Notes Ref
1 50 m breaststroke 29.88 2021 Northern Tigers Swimming Championships Pretoria 20 December 2021 AF, NR Former Former CR [14][15]
2 50 m breaststroke (2) 29.72 h 2022 SA National Swimming Championships Gqeberha 6 April 2022 AF, NR Current CR [20][21][22][23]
3 4×100 m mixed medley 3:44.38 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 2 August 2022 AF, NR Current [61]
4 4×100 m medley 3:59.63 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 3 August 2022 AF, NR Current [62]
Legend: AF – African record; CR – Commonwealth record; NR – South African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short course metres (25 m pool) edit

No. Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Ref
1 50 m breaststroke 30.06 h 2021 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 16 September 2021 AF, NR Former [13]
2 50 m breaststroke (2) 29.85 2021 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 16 September 2021 AF, NR Former [12][13]
3 50 m breaststroke (3) 29.67 h 2022 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 13 August 2022 AF, NR Former [65]
4 50 m breaststroke (4) 29.62 2022 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 13 August 2022 AF, NR Former [63][64][65]
5 50 m breaststroke (5) 29.45 h 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022 AF, NR Former [72][73]
6 50 m breaststroke (6) 29.27 sf 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 17 December 2022 AF, NR Former [73][74][75]
7 50 m breaststroke (7) 29.09 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne, Australia 18 December 2022 AF, NR Current [76][77]
Legend: AF – African record; NR – South African record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Awards and honours edit

  • GSport Award, Momentum Athlete of the Year: 2022 (awarded 14 September 2022)[83][84]
  • GSport Award, Global Woman in Sport: 2022 (awarded 14 September 2022)[83][84]
  • GSport Award honour, Ministerial Recognition of Excellence: 2022 (awarded 14 September 2022)[83]
  • Gauteng Sport Award finalist, Sportswoman of the Year: 2022 (announced 3 November 2022)[85]
  • Gauteng Sport Award finalist, Sport Personality of the Year: 2022 (announced 3 November 2022)[85]
  • Swimming World, Female African Swimmer of the Year: 2022 (awarded 24 December 2022)[86]
  • Swammy Award, African Female Swimmer of the Year: 2022 (awarded 27 December 2022)[87]
  • SA Sports Award, Sportswoman of the Year: 2022 (awarded 25 March 2023)[88]

See also edit

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January 01, 1970
lara, niekerk, born, 2003, south, african, competitive, swimmer, current, african, commonwealth, south, african, record, holder, long, course, metre, breaststroke, african, south, african, record, holder, short, course, metre, breaststroke, gold, medals, metre. Lara van Niekerk born 13 May 2003 is a South African competitive swimmer She is the current African Commonwealth and South African record holder in the long course 50 metre breaststroke and the African and South African record holder in the short course 50 metre breaststroke She won gold medals in the 50 metre breaststroke at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as a silver medal at the 2022 World Short Course Championships and the bronze medal at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships long course in the same event In the 100 metre breaststroke she won gold medals at the 2018 African Swimming Championships and the 2022 Commonwealth Games Lara van Niekerkvan Niekerk in 2022Personal informationNational team South AfricaBorn 2003 05 13 13 May 2003 age 20 2 Pretoria South AfricaSportSportSwimmingStrokesBreaststrokeCoachEugene da Ponte 1 Medal record Women s swimming Representing South Africa Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships LC 0 0 1 World Championships SC 0 1 0 Commonwealth Games 2 0 0 African Championships 4 0 0 Total 6 1 1 World Championships LC 2022 Budapest 50 m breaststroke World Championships SC 2022 Melbourne 50 m breaststroke Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 50 m breaststroke 2022 Birmingham 100 m breaststroke African Championships 2018 Algiers 50 m breaststroke 2018 Algiers 100 m breaststroke 2018 Algiers 200 m breaststroke 2018 Algiers 4 100 m medley African Junior Championships 2017 Cairo 50 m breaststroke 2017 Cairo 100 m breaststroke 2017 Cairo 4 100 m medley 2017 Cairo 4 100 m mixed medley 2017 Cairo 200 m breaststroke Contents 1 Background 2 Career 2 1 2017 2019 2 2 2021 2 3 2022 2 3 1 2022 South Africa National Championships LC 2 3 2 2022 World Aquatics Championships 2 3 3 2022 Commonwealth Games 2 3 4 2022 South Africa National Championships SC 2 3 5 2022 World Short Course Championships 2 4 2023 3 International championships 50 m 4 International championships 25 m 5 Personal best times 5 1 Long course metres 50 m pool 5 2 Short course metres 25 m pool 6 Continental and national records 6 1 Long course metres 50 m pool 6 2 Short course metres 25 m pool 7 Awards and honours 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksBackground editVan Niekerk was born 13 May 2003 in South Africa 2 Career edit2017 2019 edit At the 2017 African Junior Swimming Championships in Cairo Egypt in March Van Niekerk won a total of five medals including gold medals in the 100 metre breaststroke 4 100 metre mixed medley relay 50 metre breaststroke 4 100 metre medley relay and a silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke 2 2018 African Championships nbsp 200 m breaststroke 2 35 25 nbsp 50 m breaststroke 31 99 CR nbsp 100 m breaststroke 1 11 13 nbsp 4 100 m medley 4 12 83 In 2018 at the year s African Swimming Championships in Algiers Algeria Van Niekerk won a gold medal in each of the four events she competed 3 She won her first gold medal in the 200 metre breaststroke with a time of 2 35 25 3 4 For her second gold medal she won the 50 metre breaststroke with a new Championships record time of 31 99 seconds which broke the former record of 32 06 seconds set by Tilka Paljk of Zambia in the prelims heats 3 5 In the 100 metre breaststroke she won her third gold medal of the Championships finishing over eight tenths of a second ahead of the silver medalist in the event with a time of 1 11 13 3 6 For her fourth and final event of the Championships she concluded with another gold medal this time helping win the 4 100 metre medley relay in 4 12 83 splitting a 1 10 40 for the breaststroke leg of the relay 3 7 The following year Van Niekerk competed in four events at the 2019 World Junior Swimming Championships in Budapest Hungary placing fourth in the 50 metre breaststroke with a 31 12 20th in the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1 10 95 30th in the 200 metre breaststroke with a 2 36 91 and tenth in 4 15 71 as part of the 4 100 metre medley relay with a split of 1 11 42 for the breaststroke leg of the relay 8 2021 edit In April 2021 at the 2021 South Africa National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha Van Niekerk won the silver medal in the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1 07 40 which was 1 68 seconds faster than the Olympic Selection Time of 1 09 08 and 0 33 seconds slower than the Olympic Qualification Time of 1 07 07 however she was not sent to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics as that one roster spot went to automatic qualifier Tatjana Schoenmaker who won the gold medal in an Olympic Qualifying Time 9 10 11 At the 2021 South Africa National Short Course Championships in Pietermaritzburg in September Van Niekerk set two new African and South African records in the short course 50 metre breaststroke first setting a mark of 30 06 seconds in the prelims heats then lowering her records to a time of 29 85 seconds in the final 12 13 Her swim made her the first South African woman to swim the race in less than 30 seconds 12 14 Approximately two months later she set new African South African and Commonwealth records in the long course 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 29 88 seconds at the 2021 Northern Tigers Swimming Championships in Pretoria 14 15 With her time of 29 88 seconds she also became the first South African woman to finish the event faster than 30 seconds and the seventh fastest female swimmer in the event in history 14 16 2022 edit 2022 South Africa National Championships LC edit Van Niekerk swam faster than 1 07 00 in the long course 100 metre breaststroke twice at the 2022 Grand Prix international meet number two in Durban in February first swimming a personal best time of 1 06 52 in the preliminary heats then a 1 06 74 in the final 17 18 For the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships in Gqeberha in April in part a selection meet to determine the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games South Africa team members she entered to compete in the 50 metre breaststroke 50 metre freestyle 50 metre butterfly and 100 metre breaststroke 19 On the first day of competition 6 April she set new African South African and Commonwealth records in the 50 metre breaststroke lowering her former mark of 29 88 seconds from 2021 to 29 72 seconds in the prelims heats of the event 20 21 22 23 The records were ratified by the governing body for aquatic sports in South Africa Swimming South Africa on 7 April 2022 23 In the final Van Niekerk placed first in 30 60 seconds finishing 0 27 seconds ahead of second place finisher Tatjana Schoenmaker and attaining a qualifying time for both the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games 24 25 26 In the prelims heats of the 50 metre freestyle on day two she swam a 27 53 in prelims heat six and did not advance to the final in the evening 27 For the 50 metre butterfly prelims heats on day three she placed sixth in prelims heat one with a time of 28 57 seconds not making the top eight across all prelims heats and thus not qualifying for the evening final 28 On the fourth day in the prelims heats of the 100 metre breaststroke she swam a personal best time of 1 06 08 and qualified for the evening final where she went on to swim a personal best time of 1 05 67 to win the gold medal and achieve a qualifying time for the World Championships and Commonwealth Games 29 30 31 She was named to both the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games teams 32 33 2022 World Aquatics Championships edit 2022 World Championships LC nbsp 50 m breaststroke 29 90 In her first event of the 2022 World Aquatics Championships the 100 metre breaststroke Van Niekerk qualified for the evening semifinals with a time of 1 06 75 and rank of tenth from the preliminaries 34 She equalled her time of 1 06 75 in the semifinals this time placing thirteenth and not advancing to the final 35 36 In the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke five days later she ranked first overall with a time of 29 77 seconds and advanced to the semifinals 37 38 39 She finished in a time of 29 99 seconds in the semifinals qualifying for the final ranking third behind Benedetta Pilato of Italy and Ruta Meilutyte of Lithuania 40 In the final of the 50 metre breaststroke she won the first medal for South Africa in any aport at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships a bronze medal with a time of 29 90 seconds and continued on the streak of South Africa winning at least one medal at a FINA World Aquatics Championships since 2001 41 42 1 2022 Commonwealth Games edit 2022 Commonwealth Games nbsp 50 m breaststroke 29 73 GR nbsp 100 m breaststroke 1 05 47 On the first day of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham England starting the month following the World Championships Van Niekerk ranked first in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke setting a new Games record with her time of 29 82 seconds and qualifying for the semifinals 43 44 45 46 She lowered her Games record to a 29 80 in the semifinals qualifying for the final ranking first 47 48 49 In the final the following day she won the gold medal with a Games record time of 29 73 seconds 50 51 52 Her gold medal was the first medal of any kind for South Africa at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in any sport 53 54 55 Day four Van Niekerk qualified for the semifinals of the 100 metre breaststroke with a 1 06 40 in the morning preliminaries which was 0 70 seconds ahead of second ranked Tatjana Schoenmaker 56 Swimming under the 1 06 00 threshold for the first time at a Commonwealth Games in the semifinals with a time of 1 05 96 she qualified for the final of the event along with fellow South Africans Tatjana Schoenmaker who ranked second and Kaylene Corbett who ranked seventh 57 She won the gold medal in the final with a personal best time of 1 05 47 58 59 60 Later in the session she helped set new African and South African records in the 4 100 metre mixed medley relay in the final splitting a 1 05 41 to contribute to the new records s time of 3 44 38 and help place fourth 61 Day six of six she split a 1 05 56 in the final of the 4 100 metre medley relay contributing to a fourth place finish less than two tenths of a second behind the team from England in a new African and South African record time of 3 59 63 62 2022 South Africa National Championships SC edit At the 2022 South Africa Short Course Championships held in mid August in Pietermaritzburg Van Niekerk set a new African record in the 50 metre breaststroke with a time of 29 62 seconds which doubled as a qualifying time for the 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships 63 64 65 Prior to setting the new record and winning the gold medal in the evening final she set a new record of 29 67 seconds in the morning preliminaries heats 65 She also achieved a qualifying time and the national title in the 200 metre breaststroke with a personal best time of 2 22 75 66 Earlier in the Championships she achieved qualifying and personal best times in the 100 metre breaststroke twice first in the preliminaries heats with a time of 1 04 92 and second in the final of the event with a 1 04 89 to win the gold medal and national title 67 2022 World Short Course Championships edit 2022 World Championships SC nbsp 50 m breaststroke 29 09 AF On day two of the 2022 World Short Course Championships in December Van Niekerk ranked second in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre with a personal best time of 1 03 93 advancing to the semifinals 68 69 For the evening session she tied for fifth rank in the semifinals with a time of 1 04 36 and qualified for the final 69 70 She placed fifth in the final the following day with a time of 1 04 12 71 The fifth morning she ranked third in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke setting a new African record with a time of 29 45 seconds and qualifying for the semifinals 72 73 In the evening she lowered the African record to 29 27 seconds and qualified for the final ranking third 73 74 75 She won the first silver medal for South Africa at the competition and the second silver medal for South Africa in the female event following Penelope Heyns in 1999 in the final finishing in a new African record time of 29 09 seconds 76 77 2023 edit At the long course 2023 South African National Championships in April in Gqeberha Van Niekerk achieved a 2023 World Aquatics Championships qualifying time in the 100 metre breaststroke on day one with a time of 1 06 96 and overall rank of first in the morning preliminaries 78 She improved her qualifying time to a 1 06 74 in the final winning the silver medal 79 On the fourth day she won the gold medal and national title in the 50 metre breaststroke with a World Championships qualifying time of 29 78 seconds which was 0 93 seconds faster than the next fastest competitor 80 81 On the final day of the 2023 Mare Nostrum tour 21 May she won the gold medal in the 50 metre breaststroke with a tour record time of 29 75 seconds 82 International championships 50 m editMeet 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke 200 breaststroke 4 100 medley relay 4 100 mixed medley relay Junior level AJC 2017 age 13 nbsp 33 16 nbsp 1 12 13 nbsp 2 38 68 nbsp relay 4 26 97 nbsp relay 4 16 00 WJC 2019 age 16 4th 31 12 20th 1 10 95 30th 2 36 91 10th relay 4 15 71 Senior level AC 2018 age 15 nbsp 31 99 CR nbsp 1 11 13 nbsp 2 35 25 nbsp relay 4 12 83 WC 2022 age 19 nbsp 29 90 13th 1 06 75 CG 2022 age 19 nbsp 29 73 GR nbsp 1 05 47 4th relay 3 59 63 AF 4th relay 3 44 38 AF International championships 25 m editMeet 50 breaststroke 100 breaststroke WC 2022 age 19 nbsp 29 09 AF 5th 1 04 12 Personal best times editLong course metres 50 m pool edit Event Time Meet Location Date Notes Ref 50 m breaststroke 29 72 h 2022 SA National Swimming Championships Gqeberha 6 April 2022 AF NR CR 20 100 m breaststroke 1 05 47 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham England 2 August 2022 58 200 m breaststroke 2 31 30 2021 South Africa Grand Prix No 4 Durban 29 May 2021 2 Legend AF African record NR South African record CR Commonwealth record Short course metres 25 m pool edit Event Time Meet Location Date Notes Ref 50 m breaststroke 29 09 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 18 December 2022 AF NR 76 100 m breaststroke 1 03 93 h 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 14 December 2022 68 69 200 m breaststroke 2 22 75 2022 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 14 August 2022 66 Legend AF African record NR South African recordContinental and national records editLong course metres 50 m pool edit No Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Notes Ref 1 50 m breaststroke 29 88 2021 Northern Tigers Swimming Championships Pretoria 20 December 2021 AF NR Former Former CR 14 15 2 50 m breaststroke 2 29 72 h 2022 SA National Swimming Championships Gqeberha 6 April 2022 AF NR Current CR 20 21 22 23 3 4 100 m mixed medley 3 44 38 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham England 2 August 2022 AF NR Current 61 4 4 100 m medley 3 59 63 2022 Commonwealth Games Birmingham England 3 August 2022 AF NR Current 62 Legend AF African record CR Commonwealth record NR South African record Records not set in finals h heat sf semifinal r relay 1st leg rh relay heat 1st leg b B final en route to final mark tt time trial Short course metres 25 m pool edit No Event Time Meet Location Date Type Status Ref 1 50 m breaststroke 30 06 h 2021 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 16 September 2021 AF NR Former 13 2 50 m breaststroke 2 29 85 2021 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 16 September 2021 AF NR Former 12 13 3 50 m breaststroke 3 29 67 h 2022 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 13 August 2022 AF NR Former 65 4 50 m breaststroke 4 29 62 2022 South Africa National Short Course Championships Pietermaritzburg 13 August 2022 AF NR Former 63 64 65 5 50 m breaststroke 5 29 45 h 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 17 December 2022 AF NR Former 72 73 6 50 m breaststroke 6 29 27 sf 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 17 December 2022 AF NR Former 73 74 75 7 50 m breaststroke 7 29 09 2022 World Short Course Championships Melbourne Australia 18 December 2022 AF NR Current 76 77 Legend AF African record NR South African record Records not set in finals h heat sf semifinal r relay 1st leg rh relay heat 1st leg b B final en route to final mark tt time trialAwards and honours editGSport Award Momentum Athlete of the Year 2022 awarded 14 September 2022 83 84 GSport Award Global Woman in Sport 2022 awarded 14 September 2022 83 84 GSport Award honour Ministerial Recognition of Excellence 2022 awarded 14 September 2022 83 Gauteng Sport Award finalist Sportswoman of the Year 2022 announced 3 November 2022 85 Gauteng Sport Award finalist Sport Personality of the Year 2022 announced 3 November 2022 85 Swimming World Female African Swimmer of the Year 2022 awarded 24 December 2022 86 Swammy Award African Female Swimmer of the Year 2022 awarded 27 December 2022 87 SA Sports Award Sportswoman of the Year 2022 awarded 25 March 2023 88 See also editList of African records in swimmingReferences edit a b Van Niekerk Claims SA s First World Champs Medal Swimming South Africa 25 June 2022 Retrieved 29 June 2022 a b c d Lara Van Niekerk Results FINA Retrieved 6 April 2022 a b c d e 13th CANA Swimming Championships Algiers Algeria 2018 Full Set of Results in French Swimming South Africa Retrieved 6 April 2022 D Addona Dan 11 September 2018 Egypt s Farida Osman Sets CANA Africa Swimming Record in 50 Fly South Africa Wins 8 Medals Swimming World Retrieved 6 April 2022 D Addona Dan 12 September 2018 Lara van Niekerk Breaks CANA Africa Swimming and Open Water Championship Record Swimming World Retrieved 6 April 2022 D Addona Dan 13 September 2018 Farida Osman Wins Egypt South Africa Lean CANA Africa Championships Swimming World Retrieved 6 April 2022 Ross Andy 15 September 2018 Egypt Extends Lead On South Africa At the Africa Swimming and Open Water Championships Swimming World Retrieved 6 April 2022 FINA 25 August 2019 7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest HUN Results Book Omega Timing Retrieved 6 April 2022 TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES Qualifying Time Standards SW FINA 21 January 2021 Retrieved 15 April 2023 Memo Qualification System Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 FINA 21 January 2021 Retrieved 15 April 2023 Ross Andy 11 April 2021 Tatjana Schoenmaker Adds Second Event For Tokyo With 1 05 100 Breaststroke at South African Nationals Swimming World Retrieved 15 April 2023 a b c Race Retta 16 September 2021 Van Niekerk Becomes First South African Woman Under 30 Seconds In SCM 50 Breast SwimSwam Retrieved 6 April 2022 a b c Lara van Niekerk in fine form as records tumble in Pietermaritzburg News24 Retrieved 6 April 2022 a b c d Abrahams Celine 20 December 2021 Lara van Niekerk New 50m Breaststroke African Record Holder gsport co za Retrieved 6 April 2022 a b Race Retta 20 September 2021 Van Niekerk Hits New South African LCM 50 Breast Record In Pretoria SwimSwam Retrieved 6 April 2022 Isaacson David 9 January 2022 Lara van Niekerk looking to make her mark in the pool TimesLIVE Retrieved 6 April 2022 Hy Tek 20 February 2022 2022 Grand Prix 2 Invitational Meet Durban Results Swimming South Africa Retrieved 9 April 2022 Race Retta 19 February 2022 Le Clos Back To Racing In Durban After Bronchitis Hospital Stay SwimSwam Retrieved 9 April 2022 2022 SA National Aquatic Championships Swimming Psych Sheet Swimming South Africa 2022 Retrieved 6 April 2022 a b c Hamann Michael 6 April 2022 South African Champs Day 1 Prelims Van Niekerk Blasts World Leading 50 Breast SwimSwam Retrieved 6 April 2022 a b Lara van Niekerk smashes records at swimming championships Independent Online 7 April 2022 Retrieved 7 April 2022 a b Chetty Amir 7 April 2022 Van Niekerk shines on opening day of national swimming champs TimesLIVE Retrieved 7 April 2022 a b c Van Niekerk Shines On Opening Day Of National Swimming Championships Swimming South Africa 7 April 2022 Retrieved 8 April 2022 SwimSA TV 5 April 2022 SA National Swimming Championships 2022 YouTube Retrieved 6 April 2022 Race Retta 6 April 2022 Van Niekerk Canny Coetze Qualify For Budapest World Championships SwimSwam Retrieved 6 April 2022 Coetze and Schoenmaker qualifies for Birmingham Commonwealth Games SuperSport 7 April 2022 Retrieved 7 April 2022 SwimSA TV 7 April 2022 SA National Swimming Championships 2022 Day 2 YouTube Retrieved 7 April 2022 SwimSA TV 8 April 2022 National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3 YouTube Retrieved 8 April 2022 SwimSA TV 9 April 2022 National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4 YouTube Retrieved 9 April 2022 Isaacson David 9 April 2022 Tatjana Schoenmaker downed by Lara van Niekerk in the 100m breaststroke TimesLIVE Retrieved 9 April 2022 Jonckheere Karien 9 April 2022 18 year old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs News24 Retrieved 9 April 2022 Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships Swimming South Africa 9 May 2022 Retrieved 19 June 2022 du Plessis Lindsay 9 June 2022 Le Clos Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad ESPN Retrieved 19 June 2022 FINA 19 June 2022 19th FINA World Championships Budapest HUN Women s 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary Omega Timing Retrieved 19 June 2022 FINA 19 June 2022 19th FINA World Championships Budapest HUN Women s 100m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary Omega Timing Retrieved 19 June 2022 Semifinal performances from Van Niekerk and Sates SuperSport 19 June 2022 Retrieved 19 June 2022 FINA 24 June 2022 19th FINA World Championships Budapest HUN Women s 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary Omega Timing Retrieved 24 June 2022 SA s Lara van Niekerk qualifies for 50m breaststroke final at World Championships Independent Online 24 June 2022 Retrieved 24 June 2022 Jonckheere Karien 24 June 2022 SA swimmer Van Niekerk edges close to African record en route to world champs semi final News24 Retrieved 24 June 2022 FINA 24 June 2022 19th FINA World Championships Budapest HUN Women s 50m Breaststroke Semifinals Results Summary Omega Timing Retrieved 24 June 2022 FINA 25 June 2022 19th FINA World Championships Budapest HUN Women s 50m Breaststroke Final Results Omega Timing Retrieved 25 June 2022 Butler Lynn 25 June 2022 Teen Lara van Niekerk claims bronze as SA wins first medal at FINA World Championships News24 Retrieved 25 June 2022 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Women s 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary Longines 29 July 2022 Retrieved 29 July 2022 Burnard Lloyd 29 July 2022 Teenager Van Niekerk lands SA s first punch in Birmingham with record swim I just felt so good News24 Retrieved 29 July 2022 Jonckheere Karien 29 July 2022 Top 10 triathlon finish for SA s Riddle as Van Niekerk makes a record breaking splash SuperSport Retrieved 29 July 2022 Lambley Garrin 29 July 2022 Commonwealth Games results Team SA star Lara van Niekerk smashes breaststroke record The South African Retrieved 29 July 2022 Commonwealth Games Day 1 Van Niekerk powers again to Games record to advance to 50m final Le Clos fails to defend 50m fly News24 29 July 2022 Retrieved 29 July 2022 Van Niekerk breaks Games record as three South Africans book spot in same final Swimming South Africa 29 July 2022 Retrieved 31 July 2022 Lara van Niekerk sets new Games record eNCA 30 July 2022 Retrieved 30 July 2022 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Women s 50m Breaststroke Final Results Longines 30 July 2022 Retrieved 30 July 2022 Double gold for SA swimmers in Birmingham Swimming South Africa 30 July 2022 Retrieved 31 July 2022 Ramara Sifiso 31 July 2022 South African swimmers win two gold medals at Commonwealth Games SABC News Retrieved 31 July 2022 Botton Wesley 30 July 2022 Lara van Niekerk wins first gold for Team SA at Commonwealth Games The Citizen Retrieved 30 July 2022 Jonckheere Karien 30 July 2022 Golden double for SA swimmers in Birmingham SuperSport Retrieved 30 July 2022 Taylor Craig 30 July 2022 Van Niekerk Coetze claim SA s first gold medals of Commonwealth Games News24 Retrieved 30 July 2022 Burnard Lloyd 1 August 2022 Schoenmaker Van Niekerk set for epic showdown as SA swimmers shine in Birmingham News24 Retrieved 1 August 2022 Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Women s 100m Breaststroke Semi Finals Results Summary Longines 1 August 2022 Retrieved 1 August 2022 a b Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Women s 100m Breaststroke Final Results Longines 2 August 2022 Retrieved 2 August 2022 Botton Wesley 2 August 2022 SA s golden girls shine again in the pool at Commonwealth Games The Citizen Retrieved 2 August 2022 Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals Swimming South Africa 2 August 2022 Retrieved 3 August 2022 a b Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results Longines 2 August 2022 Retrieved 2 August 2022 a b Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Women s 4x100m Medley Relay Final Results Longines 3 August 2022 Retrieved 3 August 2022 a b Another African record for speedy teen Van Niekerk Swimming South Africa 13 August 2022 Retrieved 19 August 2022 a b Jonckheere Karien 13 August 2022 SA golden teen Lara van Niekerk smashes African record in Pietermaritzburg News24 Retrieved 19 August 2022 a b c d Isaacson David 14 August 2022 Lara van Niekerk lowers her own African record at SA championships The Sowetan Retrieved 19 August 2022 a b Breaststroke battle ensures qualifying times at SA Short Course Champs Swimming South Africa 14 August 2022 Retrieved 19 August 2022 Star swimmers back in action at SA Short Course Championships Swimming South Africa 11 August 2022 Retrieved 19 August 2022 a b FINA 14 December 2022 16th FINA World Swimming Championships 25m Melbourne AUS Women s 100m Breaststroke Heats 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December 2022 a b Jonckheere Karien 17 December 2022 Sates bags bronze as Le Clos and Van Niekerk book finals spots SuperSport Retrieved 22 December 2022 a b c FINA 18 December 2022 16th FINA World Swimming Championships 25m Melbourne AUS Women s 50m Breaststroke Final Results Omega Timing Retrieved 18 December 2022 a b Jonckheere Karien 18 December 2022 Golden butterfly double for Le Clos as Van Niekerk secures silver SuperSport Retrieved 22 December 2022 SwimSA TV 12 April 2023 SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 1 YouTube Retrieved 13 April 2023 Campionati Sudafrica Giorno 1 Pieter Coetze 100 dorso 52 78 Rec Africa Tatjana Schoenmaker 100 rana 1 05 82 in Italian nuoto com 12 April 2023 Retrieved 12 April 2023 SwimSA TV 15 April 2023 SA National Aquatic Championships 2023 Day 4 Finals time stamp 40 07 to 44 52 YouTube Retrieved 15 April 2023 Campionati Sudafrica Giorno 4 Chad Le Clos 100 farfalla 51 37 Lara van Niekerk 50 rana 29 78 in Italian nuoto com 15 April 2023 Retrieved 15 April 2023 Mare Nostrum Monaco DAY 2 Azzurri tre volte d Oro Martinenghi e Angiolini vincono nella rana Ceccon d argento nei 50 farfalla Sjostroem 50 farfalla 24 89 50 stile libero 23 90 Haughey 100 stile libero 52 88 Van Niekerk 50 rana 29 75 in Italian nuoto com 21 May 2023 Retrieved 21 May 2023 a b c Mokwena Busisiwe 15 September 2022 Teen Lara van Niekerk wins big at gsport Awards TimesLIVE Retrieved 7 November 2022 a b Lara van Niekerk wins big at the GSport Awards 2022 Swimming South Africa 16 September 2022 Retrieved 7 November 2022 a b Lonwabo M 6 November 2022 gsport17 Triple Winner Lara van Niekerk Headlines Gauteng Sport Awards Finalist List gsport co za Retrieved 7 November 2022 D Addona Dan 24 December 2022 South Africa s Lara van Niekerk Named Swimming World Female African Swimmer of the Year Swimming World Retrieved 9 February 2023 Penland Spencer 27 December 2022 2022 Swammy Awards African Female Swimmer of the Year Lara van Niekerk SwimSwam Retrieved 9 February 2023 Swimming South Africa celebrates top achievers at SA Sports Awards Swimming South Africa 26 March 2023 Retrieved 28 March 2023 External links editLara van Niekerk at World Aquatics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lara van Niekerk amp oldid 1212084076, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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