Heather Brand

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Heather Brand
Personal information
Full nameHeather Brand
National teamFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Born (1982-11-17) 17 November 1982 (age 41)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, butterfly
ClubKing Aquatic Club (U.S.)
College team Louisiana State University (U.S.) [1]
CoachSean Hutchison (U.S.) [1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
All-Africa Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Algiers 50 m freestyle
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Algiers 50 m butterfly
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2007 Algiers 100 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Algiers 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Algiers 200 m butterfly

Heather Brand (born 17 November 1982) is a Zimbabwean swimmer, who specialised in freestyle and butterfly events. [2] Brand had claimed a total of five medals (three silver and two bronze) at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and eventually represented her nation Zimbabwe in the 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [3] [4] Apart from her medal treasury, Brand also established five long and short-course national records in all butterfly events at a major international competition, spanning three editions of the World Championships. [5] [6]

Brand competed for Zimbabwe in the women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She scored a solid Zimbabwean record of 1:00.61 to capture the 100 m butterfly crown and slide under the FINA B-cut (1:01.43) by nearly a full second at the All-Africa Games one year earlier. [4] [7] Swimming on the outside in heat three, Brand wound up last in a disappointing 1:01.39 to round out the eight-female pack, over two seconds behind the leader Birgit Koschischek of Austria. Brand failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed forty-second overall out of 49 swimmers in the prelims. [8]

Brand is the former captain of the LSU swimming team and a graduate of wildlife management at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [9] She is also a resident athlete of King Aquatic Club in Federal Way, Washington, where she trained with numerous world-class swimmers, including Margaret Hoelzer and Megan Jendrick of the United States (both of whom were Olympic medalists), and Svetlana Karpeeva, an individual medley specialist from Russia. [10] [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heather Brand". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Zimbabwean sports officials confident of Beijing Olympics". Xinhua News Agency. 2 August 2007. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  4. 1 2 Kausiyo, Petros (14 July 2007). "Zimbabwe: Another Medal for Country". The Herald . Zimbabwe: AllAfrica.com . Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Swimmer Brand to represent country in Montreal". Tiger Sports Digest. 22 July 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Matiza, Collin (9 April 2008). "Zimbabwe: Coventry to Compete at Manchester World Champs". All Africa. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Olympic Cut Sheet – Women's 100m Butterfly" (PDF). Swimming World Magazine. p. 74. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 3". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Smith, Nick. "LSU swimmer to represent Zimbabwe in 2008 Olympics". CBS College Sports. Archived from the original on 3 May 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  10. ↑ Borzilleri, Meri-Jo (15 June 2008). "Olympic hopeful Margaret Hoelzer makes smooth transition onto King Aquatic squad". The Seattle Times . Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
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