Penelope Heyns
Swimmer
- Fame50.5
- Momentum0.0
- South Africa rank#246
Source-basedStable
- Fame50.5
- Momentum0.0
- South Africa rank#246
- Wikipedia614
Born 1974 · age 52South Africa
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Updated 2026-06-20
Penelope ("Penny") Heyns OIS 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.
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Stable50.5
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Historical20.6
Source confidence70.0
Completeness60.0
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- 彭妮·海恩斯Low confidencewikipedia · zh.wikipedia.org
- Penelope HeynsLow confidencewikipedia · pt.wikipedia.org
- Penny HeynsLow confidencewikipedia · af.wikipedia.org