Carolyn Adel

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Carolyn Adel
Personal information
Full nameCarolyn Adel
National teamFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname
Born (1978-08-27) 27 August 1978 (age 45)
Suriname
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Medley, freestyle
College team Arizona State University (USA)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Suriname
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg Winnipeg 1999 400 m medley
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Maracaibo 1998 200 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Maracaibo 1998 400 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Maracaibo 1998 800 m freestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Maracaibo 1998 100 m backstroke
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Maracaibo 1998 200 m medley
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg Maracaibo 1998 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg Maracaibo 1998 200 m butterfly

Carolyn Adel (born 27 August 1978) [1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Suriname. She swam for Suriname at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

She was the most decorated swimmer at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she won 6 events and set 3 Games Records. She also set 7 Suriname Records, which still stand as of December 2010. [2]

She attended university, and swam for, the USA's Arizona State University. [3]

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References

  1. Adel's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. (lcm) Long Course Swim Records Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine . Published by the Surinaamse Zwem Bond on 2010-12-18; retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. Adel bio from the ASU Sun Devils website (thesundevils.com); retrieved 2012-04-21.