Gerhard Zandberg (born 23 April 1983) is a retired Olympic

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from

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. He swam for South Africa at: *Olympics:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

*World Championships: 2003, 2007, 2009,

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

*Commonwealth Games:

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

*African Games: 2007,

*Short Course Worlds: 2008 At the

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, he set the African and South African records in the

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100 Back (53.75). At the 2009 World Championships, he set the same two records in the 50 back (24.34).

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1983 births Living people Swimmers from Pretoria White South African people University of Pretoria alumni South African male backstroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) African Games gold medalists for South Africa Swimmers at the 2007 All-Africa Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games 21st-century South African sportsmen African Games gold medalists in swimming {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub

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