Suzaan van Biljon (born 26 April 1988 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is an Olympic-

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. She swam for South Africa at the

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and

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. At the 2012 Olympics, she finished 7th in the 200 metre breaststroke final. Her brother, Pite, is an international cricketer who has represented the

South Africa cricket team The South Africa men's national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa. South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council. T ...

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*TuksSport -

University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria (, ) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and ''de facto'' capital of South Africa. The university was established in 1908 as the Pretoria campus of the Johan ...

, South Africa Our Sponsored Athletes Retrieved June 25, 2011

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Van Biljon rounds off a successful season
1988 births Living people South African people of British descent Swimmers from Bloemfontein South African female swimmers University of Pretoria alumni Female breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for South Africa Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa Commonwealth Games swimmers for South Africa Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming South African people of Dutch descent Afrikaner people Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) African Games gold medalists for South Africa African Games bronze medalists for South Africa Swimmers at the 2007 All-Africa Games Swimmers at the 2011 All-Africa Games 21st-century South African sportswomen Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games African Games bronze medalists in swimming African Games gold medalists in swimming {{SouthAfrica-swimming-bio-stub