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Hayley Jane Lewis, OAM, is an Australian former competitive swimmer best known for winning five gold medals and one bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old.
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Tatjana Smith is a South African retired swimmer who specialised in breaststroke events. She is a two-time Olympic champion and the most decorated South African Olympian in history. Smith won the gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games, setting Olympic records in both events and the world record in the former, and the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke and the silver medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 2024 Olympic Games. She is also a World Championships gold medalist (2023) and two-time silver medalist.
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- ↑ "Chadd NG CHIU HING NING | Profile | World Aquatics Official". World Aquatics. 2024-07-27. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ↑ "Whirlwind 24 hours in Paris for African swimming teenagers Hayley Hoy and Chadd Ning". World Aquatics. 2024-07-27. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
- ↑ "Africa Aquatics". africaaquatics.org. Retrieved 2024-07-27.