WEBER Michelle

South Africa

Marathon Swimming

Date of Birth: 28 Sep 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: VEREENIGING

Birth Country:

South Africa

Place of residence : FRANSCHHOEK

Residence Country:

South Africa

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Marathon Swimming	Women's 10km	21

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Odaiba Marine Park	Women's 10km	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

MARATHON SWIMMING

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10km
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	18

World Championships

Year	Location	5km	10km	5km - TTT X	5km - TR X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	32	31	-	15
2017	Budapest, HUN	7	-	-	12
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	19	18	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	DNF	DNS	-	-

African Championships

Year	Location	5km
2016	Bloemfontein, RSA	1

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10km
2018	1 x 24th, 1 x 28th
2017	1 x 7th, 1 x 41st

World Series - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
7	2017	10km	Setubal, POR
24	2018	10km	Beau Vallon, SEY
28	2018	10km	Abu Dhabi, UAE
41	2017	10km	Abu Dhabi, UAE

Legend
X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, TR - Team Relay, TTT - Team Time Trial

SWIMMING

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	4x100Free W	4x100Medley W
2014	Nanjing, CHN	H (4:26.87)	16th (9:00.16)	10th (3:59.05)	7th (4:15.44)

African Championships

Year	Location	800Free	1500Free
2016	Bloemfontein, RSA	3rd (9:15.89)	3rd (17:55.43)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Nickname:

Mishi (eadp.co.za, 15 Oct 2015)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

Seals Swimming Club [South Africa]

Coach:

Graham Hill [national], RSA

Start:

She took up open water swimming at age 11. (dailynews.openwaterswimming.com, 10 Feb 2014)

Reason:

"I was attracted to open water swimming because it was out of the ordinary." (dailynews.openwaterswimming.com, 10 Feb 2014)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (news24.com, 08 Mar 2021)

Hero:

South African swimmer Chad Ho, US swimmer Katie Ledecky. (eadp.co.za, 15 Oct 2015; dailynews.openwaterswimming.com, 10 Feb 2014)

General Interest

General
HEART SCARE
During the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, her heart began beating at more than 240 beats per minute. The problem was the result of adrenaline, and two weeks after the event she had a heart procedure. She was back in the water four weeks later. "It was scary. At first I was terrified. I thought I would have to stop swimming, but luckily I got to see a cardiologist just in time. I was really relieved. When I became excited or had a race my heart rate would go up, and then I would stop and just couldn't carry on. Most people have two major pathways to their heart. I had an extra one, so they just burnt it off and it's all back to normal." (southafrica.info, 04 Feb 2014; timeslive.co.za, 14 Jun 2016)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/michelle.weber.165
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/michellesouthafrica
https://instagram.com/michellesouthafrica
https://twitter.com/michelleweber71
Athlete Website: https://www.michelleweber.net/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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