Swimmers Penelope Heyns

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Penelope Heyns

Living place: South Africa

Birthday: 8-11-1974 (50 years old)

Population of the world 1974: 4.012 billions

Global rank: #90828

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Who is Swimmers Penelope Heyns?
The famous swimmer from South Africa is nicknamed "Penny" who is considered one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers of all time. She won gold medals in the 100 and 200 meter events at the 1996 Olympic Games, becoming the first athlete to do so.
At one point she held five out of six world records in breaststroke, becoming the first person in the history of swimming with this feat.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She was the youngest swimmer on the South African team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

Family life info

Her parents were religious and moved from Springs to the Natal South Coast.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Swimmers Penelope Heyns?
She succeeded Krisztina Egerszegi Hungary as World Swimmer of the Year in 1996.

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Summary of Penelope Heyns profile

When was Swimmers Penelope Heyns born?
Penelope Heyns birthday 8-11-1974 (at the age of 50).
Where is Swimmers Penelope Heyns's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Penelope Heyns was born in South Africa. is a Swimmers, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. Penelope Heyns's global rank is 90828 and whose rank is 172 in list of famous Swimmers. Population of the world in 1974 is about 4.012 billions persons.
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Events in 1974 and 8-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Penelope Heyns

  • OPEC ends the oil embargo begun in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War (Mar. 18).
  • Nixon and Brezhnev meet in Moscow to discuss arms limitation agreements. Background: nuclear disarmament
  • Leftist revolution ends almost 50 years of dictatorial rule in Portugal (launched Apr. 25).
  • India successfully tests an atomic device, becoming the world's sixth nuclear power (May 18).
  • Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed. A collective military dictatorship assumes power (Sept. 12).

Birthday Penelope Heyns (8-11) in history

  • Day 8-11 year 1889: Montana became the 41st state.
  • Day 8-11 year 1892: Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive terms in the White House.
  • Day 8-11 year 1923: Adolf Hitler attempted, and failed, to seize control of the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch.
  • Day 8-11 year 1960: John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon for the presidency of the United States.
  • Day 8-11 year 1966: Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.
  • Day 8-11 year 1994: After a 40-year Democrat domination, the Republican Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as a Senate majority.
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