Gerhard Zandberg

Gerhard Zandberg
Personal information
Full nameJohannes Gerhardus Zandberg
National team South Africa
Born (1983-04-23) 23 April 1983 (age 41)
Pretoria, South Africa
Height2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubTuksSport[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing South Africa
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 50 m backstroke
World Championships (SC)
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Manchester 50m freestyle
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester 50 m backstroke

Gerhard Zandberg (born 23 April 1983) is a retired Olympic swimmer from South Africa.[2] He swam for South Africa at:

  • Olympics: 2004, 2008
  • World Championships: 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011
  • Commonwealth Games: 2006, 2010
  • African Games: 2007, 2011
  • Short Course Worlds: 2008

At the 2008 Olympics, he set the African and South African records in the long course 100 Back (53.75). At the 2009 World Championships, he set the same two records in the 50 back (24.34).

See also

References

  1. ^ New season off with a bang Archived 30 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-06-25
  2. ^ "Athlete Profile – Gerhardus (Gerhard) Zandberg". NOCSA. Archived from the original on 28 June 2008. Retrieved 20 June 2008.


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