Carolyn Adel
Personal information
Full nameCarolyn Adel
National team Suriname
Born (1978-08-27) 27 August 1978
Suriname
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesMedley, freestyle
College teamArizona State University (USA)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Suriname
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third placeWinnipeg 1999400 m medley
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first placeMaracaibo 1998200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first placeMaracaibo 1998400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first placeMaracaibo 1998800 m freestyle
Gold medal – first placeMaracaibo 1998100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first placeMaracaibo 1998200 m medley
Gold medal – first placeMaracaibo 1998400 m medley
Silver medal – second placeMaracaibo 1998200 m butterfly

Carolyn Adel (born 27 August 1978)[1] is an Olympic and national record holding swimmer from Suriname. She swam for Suriname at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

She was the most decorated swimmer at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games, where she won 6 events and set 3 Games Records. She also set 7 Suriname Records, which still stand as of December 2010.[2]

She attended university, and swam for, the USA's Arizona State University.[3]

References

  1. Adel's entry from sports-reference.com; retrieved 2012-04-21.
  2. (lcm) Long Course Swim Records Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Published by the Surinaamse Zwem Bond on 2010-12-18; retrieved 2012-04-21.
  3. Adel bio from the ASU Sun Devils website (thesundevils.com); retrieved 2012-04-21.


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