Roland Mark Schoeman

Roland Mark Schoeman (born 3 July 1980) is a South African swimmer and a member of the 2004 Olympic Games swimming team for South Africa.

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3 July - 1980 - South Africa - 2004 Olympic Games

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He was born in Pretoria, and first ventured seriously into a pool when he was 16, in order to show a girl how interested he was in her. Within a few months he was swimming competitively, beginning a career that would see him attain one gold medal, two silvers and a bronze at the Commonwealth Games and set new South African records in the 100m Freestyle (48.69s), 50m Freestyle (22.04s), 100m Butterfly (52.73s) and 50m Butterfly (23.65s) events.

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Pretoria - Commonwealth Games

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His latest achievements have been winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the 4 x 100m freestyle, a silver medal in the 100m freestyle event and a bronze in the 50m freestyle.

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Athens - 4 x 100m freestyle - 100m freestyle - 50m freestyle

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At the 2005 LC World Championships in Montreal, Canada he won two gold medals .

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