Carolyn Adel (born 27 August 1978) is an Olympic and national record holding

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Suriname Suriname, officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America, also considered as part of the Caribbean and the West Indies. It is a developing country with a Human Development Index, high level of human development; i ...

. She swam for Suriname at the

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

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2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

Olympics. She was the most decorated swimmer at the

1998 Central American and Caribbean Games The 18th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Maracaibo, Venezuela from August 8 to August 22, 1998, and included 31 nations and a total of 5,200 competitors. Mascot The mascot for the Games was a goajira boy, Wayuuchon. Sports 31 ...

, where she won 6 events and set 3 Games Records. She also set 7 Suriname Records, which still stand as of December 2010. She attended university, and swam for, the USA's

Arizona State University Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public university, public research university in Tempe, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 as Territorial Normal School by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, the university is o ...

.Adel bio
from the ASU Sun Devils website (thesundevils.com); retrieved 2012-04-21.

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1978 births Living people Pan American Games bronze medalists for Suriname Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1999 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Suriname Surinamese female swimmers 20th-century Surinamese sportswomen Arizona State Sun Devils women's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States Pan American Games bronze medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Suriname Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Suriname Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games {{Suriname-swimming-bio-stub