Carolyn Adel (born 27 August 1978)[1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Suriname. She swam for Suriname at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.
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| Full name | Carolyn Adel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Suriname | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 August 1978 Suriname | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Medley, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Arizona State University (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She was the most decorated swimmer at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she won 6 events and set 3 Games Records. She also set 7 Suriname Records, which still stand as of December 2010.[2]
She attended university, and swam for, the USA's Arizona State University.[3]
References edit
- ^ Adel's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ (lcm) Long Course Swim Records Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Published by the Surinaamse Zwem Bond on 2010-12-18; retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ Adel bio from the ASU Sun Devils website (thesundevils.com); retrieved 2012-04-21.
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