Natalie Myburgh
Appearance
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Full name | Natalie Myburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 15 May 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 January 2014[1] | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Natalie Myburgh (15 May 1940 – 21 January 2014) was a South African swimmer. At the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Auckland, Myburgh teamed up with Felicity Loveday, Joan Harrison and Machduldt Petzer to win the 4×110 yards freestyle relay. Two years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Myburgh teamed up with Susan Roberts, Moira Abernethy and Jeanette Myburgh to win the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Natalie Myburgh's obituary
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Natalie Myburgh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
Categories:
- 1940 births
- 2014 deaths
- South African female freestyle swimmers
- South African female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for South Africa
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- 20th-century South African women
- 21st-century South African women
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- South African Olympic medalist stubs
- South African swimming biography stubs