Penelope Heyns

Penny Heyns

Penelope Heyns in Times Square, New York (2015)
Personal information
Full name	Penelope Heyns
Nickname	Penny
Nationality	South Africa
Born	(1974-11-08) 8 November 1974 (age 49) Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	breaststroke
College team	University of Nebraska, USA
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  South Africa Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 100 m breaststroke 1996 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 1999 Hong Kong 50 m breaststroke 1999 Hong Kong 100 m breaststroke 1999 Hong Kong 200 m breaststroke Pan Pacific Championships 1995 Atlanta 100 m breaststroke 1999 Sydney 100 m breaststroke 1999 Sydney 200 m breaststroke 1995 Atlanta 200 m breaststroke 1997 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke Commonwealth Games 1994 Victoria 100 m breaststroke Goodwill Games 1998 New York 100 m breaststroke 1998 New York 200 m breaststroke Summer Universiade 1995 Fukuoka 100 m breaststroke 1995 Fukuoka 200 m breaststroke 1997 Catania 100 m breaststroke All-Africa Games 1995 Harare 100 m breaststroke 1995 Harare 200 m breaststroke 1995 Harare 4 x 100 m medley 1999 Johannesburg 100 m breaststroke 1999 Johannesburg 200 m breaststroke 1999 Johannesburg 4 x 100 m medley

Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS (born 8 November 1974) is a South African former swimmer, who is best known for being the only woman in the history of the Olympic Games to have won both the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events – at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games – making her South Africa's first post-apartheid Olympic gold medallist following South Africa's re-admission to the Games in 1992. Along with Australian champion Leisel Jones, Heyns is regarded as one of the greatest breaststroke swimmers.^[1][2]