{"id":230740,"date":"2016-11-28T00:05:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T07:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=230740"},"modified":"2016-11-28T09:06:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:06:02","slug":"swimming-world-magazine-announces-african-swimmers-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-magazine-announces-african-swimmers-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Magazine Announces African Swimmers of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Each\u00a0year\u00a0<em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em>\u00a0selects the top male and female swimmers from the following regions: Africa, the Pacific Rim, Europe, America, and World.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Starting today,\u00a0<em>Swimming World<\/em>\u00a0will begin announcing the top athletes in each region leading up to the announcement of the Male and Female World Swimmer of the Year on December 1st. \u00a0The final announcement will coincide with the official release of the December <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em>. \u00a0To download and\u00a0read previous &#8220;Swimmers of the Year&#8221;, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2015\" target=\"_blank\">Swimming World Vault<\/a>\u00a0and download past\u00a0December issues.<\/p>\n<h2>Male African Swimmer of the Year<\/h2>\n<p>For a record fifth straight year, <strong>Chad<\/strong> <strong>le<\/strong> <strong>Clos<\/strong> is the Male African Swimmer of the Year. In earning the honor, he surpasses fellow countryman <strong>Roland<\/strong> <strong>Schoeman<\/strong>, who won the award four times from 2004 through 2007. A South African has now earned this award every year but one since its inception in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Le Clos earns the award on the basis of his performance at the Olympic Games in Rio. The 24-year-old shocked many when he picked up a silver medal in the men\u2019s 200 meter free. He took a radical approach to the event through each of the three rounds. The strategy was simple: open up massive leads from the start, and then try to hang on.<\/p>\n<p>It worked. Swimming out of Lane 1 in the final, he was unable to stay with China\u2019s Sun Yang, but he had just enough left in the tank to stave off American Conor Dwyer for the silver by 3-hundredths of a second in 1:45.20, an African record.<\/p>\n<p>A day later, le Clos failed to defend his 2012 gold medal in the 200 fly, where he finished a disappointing fourth (1:54.06), but he rebounded to finish in a three-way tie for silver with <strong>Michael<\/strong> <strong>Phelps<\/strong> and <strong>Laszlo<\/strong> <strong>Cseh<\/strong> in the 100 fly (51.14).<\/p>\n<p>Le Clos beat out countryman <strong>Cameron<\/strong> <strong>van<\/strong> <strong>der<\/strong> <strong>Burgh<\/strong>, a three-time winner of the award from 2009 to 2011, for the top spot in the voting. Van der Burgh, the first South African man ever to win an individual gold medal in swimming individual gold medal in swimming (100 breast, 2012), picked up a silver medal in the 100 breast final in Rio (58.69).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"230741\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-magazine-announces-african-swimmers-of-the-year\/chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016-e1496458163158.png\" data-orig-size=\"471,354\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016-526x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016-e1496458163158.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230741\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016.png\" alt=\"chad-le-clos-male-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016\" width=\"526\" height=\"657\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Female African Swimmer of the Year<\/h2>\n<p>Zimbabwe\u2019s <strong>Kirsty<\/strong> <strong>Coventry<\/strong> garnered a record ninth Swimming World Female African Swimmer of the Year accolade after swimming in her fifth Olympics this past summer.<\/p>\n<p>She was just 16 when she competed in her first Summer Games in Sydney in 2000. In Rio, the 32-year-old finished sixth overall in the 200 backstroke (2:08.80) and 11th in the 100 back (1:00.26 in the semifinals). She also carried the flag for Zimbabwe at the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry has won seven Olympic medals in her career: two gold (200 back in 2004 and 2008), four silver (100 back in 2004 and 2008; 200-400 IM in 2008) and a bronze (200 IM in 2004). She also led the African region in the 50, 100 and 200 back, 200 free and 200 IM.<\/p>\n<p>After a successful 16-year career on the international stage, Coventry will serve as vice president of the International Surfing Association. Additionally, she will continue to be a member on the International Olympic Committee\u2019s Athletes\u2019 Commission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"230742\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-magazine-announces-african-swimmers-of-the-year\/kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016.png\" data-orig-size=\"533,660\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016-533x500.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-230742\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016.png\" alt=\"kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016\" width=\"533\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016.png 533w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/kirsty-coventry-female-african-swimmer-of-the-year-2016-162x200.png 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each\u00a0year\u00a0Swimming World Magazine\u00a0selects the top male and female swimmers from the following regions: Africa, the Pacific Rim, Europe, America, and World. 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