Kaylene Corbett

Kaylene Corbett (born 15 June 1999) is a South African swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2][3] At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the 200 metre breaststroke.[4][5][6]

Kaylene Corbett
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999
Bloemfontein, South Africa[1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  South Africa
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Commonwealth Games 0 0 1
African Games 5 0 0
African Championships 4 0 0
Total 9 0 1
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 Birmingham200 m breaststroke
African Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Casablanca50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2019 Casablanca100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2019 Casablanca200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2019 Casablanca4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place2019 Casablanca4×100 m mixed medley
African Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Bloemfontein50 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2016 Bloemfontein100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2016 Bloemfontein200 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place2016 Bloemfontein4×100 m medley
World University Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu 200 m breaststroke

2021–2022

In June 2021, she qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] She won the second semi-final of the 200 metre breaststroke and joined her teammate, Tatjana Schoenmaker, in the final. It was the first time since Sydney 2000 that two South African women reached the finals of the same event. Corbett managed fifth place while Schoenmaker took gold.[8]

The following year, in April 2022, she won the silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the year's South Africa National Swimming Championships with a 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifying time of 2:24.66.[9][10] In June, she was named as a member of the South Africa team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[11]

2022 Commonwealth Games

In her first event as part of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, the 50 metre breaststroke, Corbett qualified for the semifinals with a time of 31.07 seconds and overall seventh-rank.[12] She swam a time of 31.43 seconds in the semifinals, qualifying for the final along with fellow South Africans Lara van Niekerk and Tatjana Schoenmaker.[13][14] The following day, she placed sixth in the final with a time of 31.10 seconds.[15] On day three, she qualified for the final of the 200 metre breaststroke ranking fourth in the preliminaries with a time of 2:25.08.[16] In the final, she finished less than two seconds behind gold medalist Tatjana Schoenmaker with a time of 2:23.67 and won the bronze medal.[4][5][6] For the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke on day four, she swam a 1:08.12 and qualified for the semifinals ranking eighth.[17] Dropping 0.16 seconds from her time in the semifinals, she ranked seventh and advanced to the final.[18] In the final, she improved her time to a 1:07.62 and placed seventh.[19][20]

References
  1. "Fresh & Hungry: Kaylene Corbett". heslopsports.co.za. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Breaststroke Final Results". Longines. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. Botton, Wesley (31 July 2022). "Schoenmaker and Corbett lift SA medal haul with podium double". The Citizen. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. "Schoenmaker, Corbett garner silverware in Birmingham". ZwemZa. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  7. "Kaylene Corbett Time Trials an Olympic Qualification Swim in 200 Breast at South African Nationals". Swimming World News. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  8. "SA's Schoenmaker smashes 200m breaststroke world record and claims Olympic gold". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  9. SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. Isaacson, David (8 April 2022). "Tatjana, Kaylene deliver world champ times, but focus is Commonwealth". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  11. du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022). "Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad". ESPN. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  12. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 50m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  13. "Commonwealth Games Day 1: Van Niekerk, Schoenmaker lead SA charge, Blitzboks through to quarters". News24. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  14. "Van Niekerk breaks Games record as three South Africans book spot in same final". Swimming South Africa. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  15. Botton, Wesley (30 July 2022). "Lara van Niekerk wins first gold for Team SA at Commonwealth Games". The Citizen. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  16. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Longines. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  17. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  18. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Breaststroke Semi-Finals Results Summary". Longines. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  19. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Breaststroke Final Results". Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  20. "Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals". Swimming South Africa. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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