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Penny Heyns TLP is, without doubt, the world’s greatest female breaststroke swimmer of the 20th Century. She is the only woman in Olympic history to win both the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke events in Atlanta 1996 and broke 14 individual world records during her career.

Her achievements brought her personal audiences with Nelson Mandela and catapulted her into the world of sporting celebrity. While she spent much of her time in the United States and Canada, her heart remained in South Africa, where she now lives.

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She has now established herself after her retirement in 2001, as a businesswoman, guest television presenter, coach and a sought after Inspirational speaker.

She is the only breaststroker, female or male, in the history of swimming, to hold world records in all three possible distances; the 50 m, the 100 m & the 200 m.

2006 saw Penny Heyns TLP become an inaugural inductee into the South African Sport Hall of Fame and in May of 2007

She joined the prestigious company of international icons such as Johnny Weissmuller, better known as the original Tarzan and Mark Spitz when she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale in Florida, USA.

Most recently in 2012, she became the first non-track & female athlete to be inducted into the Africa Sports Hall of Fame.

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Interview Questions

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

I believe true success is when one can honestly say you’ve done your absolute best given your circumstances on the day.

Success is being the best version of yourself that you can possibly be and this outcome is merely the reflection of excellence in the details.

Interview Date

  • 2012-05-17

Country

  • South Africa

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