Youngest world record-holder dies
April 3, 2013, Wednesday
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FORMER South African swimming great Karen Muir, the youngest-ever world record holder in any sport, has died of breast cancer aged 60, South African media reported yesterday.
Muir was elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980 having set 15 world records in the backstroke at 100 meters, 200 meters, 110 yards and 220 yards. Her first was in the 110-yards event at the 1965 ASA National Junior Championships in Blackpool, England, aged 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, making her the youngest world record holder in any sport. Muir never competed at the Olympic Games because of the sports boycott imposed on her country.
Muir was elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980 having set 15 world records in the backstroke at 100 meters, 200 meters, 110 yards and 220 yards. Her first was in the 110-yards event at the 1965 ASA National Junior Championships in Blackpool, England, aged 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, making her the youngest world record holder in any sport. Muir never competed at the Olympic Games because of the sports boycott imposed on her country.
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