Swimming

The participants and spectators of the annual Pointbreak Open Water Swim, which took place this Sunday, were rewarded with perfect conditions - sunny skies, clear warm water and the Oanob dam at 100% capacity. There were more than 80 entrants for the open water swim, and the field was a mix of both recreational swimmers and Namibia's best.

Namibia Swimming Academy (NSA) dominated the race. Six of the top ten finishers of the 2.1km main event were NSA members. Overall winner, and ...

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Namibian swimmers have excelled at the ninth Senior African Swimming Championships in Johannesburg, breaking several national records and reaching several finals against Africa’s top swimmers.

The 18-year-old Jonay Briedenhann won a silver medal when she came second in the 100m backstroke in a time of 1:08,04.

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Christine Briedenhann of the Namibia Swimming Academy was the star swimmer at two Age Group Galas at the Western Suburbs Swimming Pool on Friday and Saturday.

Briedenhann set the only record of the weekend when she broke her elder sister Jonay’s 200m freestyle record for Girls 12 and under on Saturday.

Christine completed the event in a time of 2:24,82, which was nearly three seconds faster than Jonay’s five-year-old record of 2:27,63.

Christine also came ...

A total of 10 Namibian records were broken at the Telekom South African Short Course Championships which took place in Germiston from September 4 to 7, 2008.



Lindemeier breaks seven records

The 16-year old Daniela Lindemeier from Marlins Swimming Club was in great ...

The annual Swakopmund Dillinger Cup Interclub Gala was held on August 23 at the Swakopmund Municipality Swimming Pool.

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