Karen Muir
Karen Muir (1967 )
Karen Muir ( born September 16, 1952 in Kimberley, † April 1, 2013 in Mossel Bay) was a South African swimmer.
Life and work
Karen Muir grew up in the South African city of Kimberley. In the summer of 1965, the South African Swimming Union sent them to the ASA National Junior Championships in Blackpool, to gain experience in an international swimming competition. On August 10, 1965, she was undercutting there about 110 yards back with 01:08.7 minutes surprising to seventeenth second the previous world record ( b. 1947 ) had been set two weeks earlier by the 17 -year-old Englishwoman Linda Ludgrove. At this time Muir was 12 years, 10 months and 25 days old and making her the youngest world record holder in all sports and times. From 1965 to 1969 she presented a total of 15 world records in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 110 yards and 220 yards back. She won 22 times in the South African national competitions in Freestyle, Backstroke and Medley, and three times at the United States Swimming National Championships ( backstroke ). In the Olympics, they had to cancel, because South Africa was excluded from 1964 to 1992 from participation. 1980 Muir was taken as the first South African in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
1970 Muir finished her sporting career and graduated in the same year Diamantveld High School in Kimberley with the Abitur. She then studied at the University of the Free State and then earned a Doctor of Medicine. She and her husband de graad later worked as doctors in South Africa. 2000 Muir emigrated to Canada, where they lived first in Saskatchewan and then practiced as a general practitioner in Vanderhoof.
2009 was diagnosed with breast cancer Karen Muir. In January 2013 she returned to South Africa after the cancer began to spread. With 60 years she died in her sister's house in Mossel Bay. She left behind three daughters and lives in South Africa, a Canadian-based son.