Michelle Weber

Michelle Weber (born 28 September 1996) is a South African swimmer. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] She finished 18th with a time of 1:59:05.0.[2]

Michelle Weber
Personal information
Born (1996-09-28) 28 September 1996
Vereeniging, South Africa
Height166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming

In 2019, she competed in the women's 5 km and women's 10 km events at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea.[3][4] In the 5 km event she finished in 32nd place and in the 10 km event she finished in 31st place.[3][4]

In June 2021, she qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

On 24 August 2022, she broke the South African ladies' record for swimming across the English Channel, which she did in a time of 10 hours and 21 minutes, shaving 8 minutes off of the previous record, held by Jeanne Pearson. [6]

References
  1. "Michelle Weber". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  3. "Women's 5 km" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. "Women's 10 km" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 June 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. "Olasz books Tokyo 2020 place at Olympic marathon swim qualifier in Setubal". www.insidethegames.biz. 19 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  6. "Michelle Weber breaks SA women's record for fastest English Channel crossing". www.dailymaverick.co.za. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2022.


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