Monica Dahl

Monica Dahl
Personal information
Born (1975-07-10) 10 July 1975 (age 49)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Namibia
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Cairo 50 m freestyle

Monica Anja Dahl-Böhm (born 10 July 1975) is a Namibian swimmer. Of German descent, Dahl competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics for Namibia.[1] She was one of the first Namibian athletes to compete in the Olympics,[2] and the first woman to represent the nation at the Olympics.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Monica Dahl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ Tonchi, Victor L; Lindeke, William A; Grotpeter, John J (2012). Historical Dictionary of Namibia. Historical Dictionaries of Africa, African historical dictionaries (2 ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 69. ISBN 9780810879904.
  3. ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article related to a Namibian swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.