Lyndon Ferns
Lyndon Ferns 
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| Surname: | Lyndon Ferns | ||||||||||||||||||
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 South Africa
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | September 24, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Polokwane | ||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.87 m | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 87 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lyndon Ferns (born September 24, 1983 in Polokwane ( Pietersburg )) is a South African swimmer in the freestyle discipline.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , he won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 meter medley with the South African relay and broke the world record. In 2006 he was able to repeat his success at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne , Australia . At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China , Ferns took sixth place in the 100-meter freestyle final with a time of 48.04 seconds, seventh place in the 4 × 100-meter freestyle final and in the 100 meters -Butterfly semifinals took 14th place.
He currently holds the following records:
- South African record 100 m butterfly
- South African and African records 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 50 m freestyle
Web links
- Ferns results at the 2008 Olympic Games (English)
- Lyndon Ferns in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Lyndon Ferns in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Ferns, Lyndon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Polokwane , South Africa |