Guest Author Brendon Dedekind
2 TIME SOUTH AFRICAN OLYMPIAN
Brendon Dedekind is the first South African male swimmer to win an International Gold Medal. His admirable goals and athletic career to date is outlined below. As you can see, he has a wealth of swimming experience, which he will share from time to time on the About.com Swimming site. If you have a question for Brendon, he can be reached through dedekind@hotmail.com or premier@usaswimmer.com
Goals
- Break the World Record and win the Sydney 2000, Olympic Games
- Be World Record Holder in the 50 yd. 50m LC and 50m SC events
International Swimming Records
- Ranked Top 10 in the World over past 5 years, having ranking as high as Number 1
- Gold Medalist - Goodwill Games, NY, USA 1998
- Gold Medalist - Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, Sydney, Australia 1999
- Two Time Gold Medalist - 7th All Africa Games, Johannesburg, RSA 1999
- Silver Medalist - Commonwealth Games, KL, Malaysia 1998
- Two time Silver medallist - World SC Championships, Athens, Greece, 2000
- Bronze Medalist - World Student Games, Sicily, 1997
- 4th Place - Pan Pacific Championships, Fukuoka, 1997
- 5th Place - Olympic Games, Atlanta, 1996
- 6th Place - World Championships, Perth, January 1998
South African Records
Long Course Meters
- National Champion in the 50m Freestyle (96,97,98,99,00)
- National Champion in the 100m Freestyle (97,98)
Short Course Meters
- National Champion in 50m Freestyle (98, 99)
- National Champion in the 100 Freestyle (98, 99)
- National Champion in the 50 Breaststroke (98, 99)
- Commonwealth, South African and Africa Record Holder
- National Champion in the 100 IM (98)
- South African and Africa Record Holder
- National Champion in the 50 Fly (99)
NCAA Records (1996-1999)
- National Championships
- 1999 Champion - 100 yd. Breaststroke
- 1998 Champion - 50 yd. Freestyle
- Two Time Top 10 Individual Scorer
- Twenty one time All-American
- Atlantic Coast Conference Championships
- 13th Person
- Florida State University
- Four Time School MVP
- Only Seminole to Final in 3 individual events at one National Competition
- Only Seminole to ever finish in the Top 10 Individual Scorers
- Three Individual Four relay School records
- Four Time Golden Nole Award Winner
Personal Statistics (as of 7/15/2000)
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50 Freestyle
22.06 LCM – 5th fastest human ever over this distance.
21.62 SCM
19.17 SCY
- 100 Freestyle
50.50 LCM
48.12 SCM
42.96 SCY
- 50 Breaststroke
27.1 SCM
- 100 Breaststroke
53.16 SCY
- 100 Individual Medley
55.41 SCM
Positions of Leadership/Honor
- South African Flag Bearer – 1997 & 1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Champs
- South African Team Captain at the 7th All Africa Games (600 Team members)
- South African Swimming Team Captain – Commonwealth Games 1998
- South African Swimming Team Captain – Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 1999
- South African Swimming Team Captain – World Short Course Championships 2000
Education
- Electrical Engineer - Florida State University – December 1999
- ODK (National Leadership Honor Society)
- Numerous Honor Roll, Dean’s List student