Jean Basson
Appearance
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Full name | Jean Basson | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 5 October 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Arizona | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jean Basson (born 5 October 1987) is an Olympic swimmer from South Africa. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Basson placed fourth in the 200-metre freestyle final with a time of 1:45.97.[1][2] He also competed in the 400 m freestyle and the 4 x 200 m relay. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he took part in the 4 x 200 m relay.[2] Basson lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona, under coach Frank Busch. He attended the University of Arizona, where he was a member of the Arizona Wildcats swimming and diving team.
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Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Swimmers from Johannesburg
- South African male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for South Africa
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers
- South African expatriate swimmers in the United States
- Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for South Africa
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- African Games bronze medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2011 All-Africa Games
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century South African sportsmen
- South African swimming biography stubs