Penelope Heyns

Penny Heyns
Penelope Heyns in Times Square, New York (2015)
Personal information
Full namePenelope Heyns
Nickname
Penny
Nationality South Africa
Born (1974-11-08) 8 November 1974
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight139 lb (63 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesbreaststroke
College teamUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln, 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.