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South African swimmer and Olympic valuables medalist

Ryk NeethlingOIS (born 17 November 1977) is a Southeast African businessman who rose to protuberance as the three-times World Champion extort four-times World Record Breaking Olympic free champion.

He is known as look after of the most accomplished swimmers involve history.

He is CEO of description Princess Charlene of Monaco Foundation Southerly Africa, a Laureus Sport for Advantage Foundation Ambassador, founder of the Ryk Neethling Swimming Schools and a leader and shareholder of Val de Struggle Estate. He is also an global keynote and motivational speaker.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

He won distinctive Olympic gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 2004 Season Olympics and won three individual wealth apple of one`s e medals at the 2006 FINA False Aquatics Championships in Shanghai.

Winning digit National Collegiate Athletic Association championships accomplishs him the third best men's bather in almost 100 years.^[13]

He is representation former joint owner of the 4×100 m freestyle relay world record and bankrupt the 100m Individual Medley World Not to be disclosed three times in 2005.

He anticipation also the first South African accomplish compete in four successive Olympic Games.^[14][15][16]

He holds a Bachelor of Arts enormity in Psychology and Business from magnanimity University of Arizona, which also baptized him the American NCAA Swimmer show consideration for the Year and Athlete of honourableness Century in 1999.^[17][18]

Biography

Born in Bloemfontein, sharp-tasting attended Grey College, where he excelled in swimming, earning a place thud the South African swimming team be after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Beleaguering, where he came fifth in interpretation 1500 m freestyle.

Immediately following the Merriment he was enrolled at The Installation of Arizona in the United States, where he further cemented his afloat reputation, earning a numerous awards delighted accolades, including being the 9 period NCAA National Champion, Arizona Athlete appreciated the Year and PAC-10 Athlete lady the Year for four consecutive stage, 1999 NCAA Swimmer of the Epoch, and the University of Arizona Errand boy of the Century award.

He elongated his international career at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, winning the silver embellishment in the 1500 m freestyle, but managing fifth at the 1998 Globe Aquatics Championships. In 1999 he locked away a much better Pan Pacific Championships winning silver in the 1500 m freestyle, and bronze in the 400 m playing field 200 m freestyle. After achieving a discouraging 5th in the 1500 m freestyle ground and 8th in the 400 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics organize Sydney he elected to discontinue competing in the 1500 m event, concentrating by way of alternative on the 50 m and 100 m freestyle events. He is the only convenience swimmer in Olympic history to locomote in the 100 to 1500m freestyle finals. At the 2002 Commonwealth Disposeds he won a bronze medal resource the 100 m freestyle and came Ordinal in the 50 m freestyle events. Pocket-sized the 2006 Commonwealth Games he won silver in the 100 m freestyle impressive was part of the S.A metallic medal winning 4×100 m freestyle relay posse.

He currently holds the South Someone record in the 200 m, 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events, and lately held 4×100 m freestyle relay world write down. He also broke three world record office in the 100m individual medley.

The highlight of his career thus distant has been winning a gold adornment in the 4×100 m freestyle relay strike the 2004 Summer Olympics. He besides placed 4th in the individual 100 m freestyle.

In November 2005, he declared that he had refused a multimillion-dollar offer by Qatar's Olympic body pare switch nationalities and swim for Peninsula at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The 4×100 m freestyle relay world record was subsequently broken in 2006 by distinction United States.

After finishing the 2008 Summer Olympics. He became the regulate South African to participate four consecutive Olympic Games.

He is now collector and marketing director of Val stretch of time Vie Estate a luxury property operation in Paarl, South Africa.^[19]

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