Roland Schoeman
Roland Schoeman 
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| Surname: | Roland Mark Schoeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 South Africa
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | 3rd July 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Pretoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 1.91 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Roland Mark Schoeman (born July 3, 1980 in Pretoria ) is a South African swimmer .
Life
He started swimming in earnest at the age of 16. After only a few months he was playing his first competitions and his sporting career rose sharply. At the Commonwealth Games he won a gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won gold in the South African 4 × 100 m freestyle relay in a world record time, silver in the 100 m freestyle and bronze in the 50 m freestyle. At the 2005 World Swimming Championships in Montreal , he twice improved the world record over 50 m butterfly and became world champion. Schoeman also became world champion in the 50 m freestyle. He is the first person to swim the 50 meters in under 21 seconds.
In May 2019 Schoemann tested positive for the unapproved hormone GW501516 and banned for one year due to doping .
Records
| World records (1) | |||
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| 50 m freestyle (short course) | 20.30 s | August 8, 2009 | Pietermaritzburg |
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Awards
In 2007 Schoeman received the Order of Ikhamanga in silver.
Web links
- Website of Roland Schoeman (English)
- Roland Schoeman in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Roland Schoeman in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swimming Olympic champion Schoeman banned for one year. In: spiegel.de , February 7, 2020.
- ↑ List of recipients of the medal 2007 (English), accessed on June 20, 2014
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| SURNAME | Schoeman, Roland |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schoeman, Roland Mark (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pretoria , South Africa |