Karin Prinsloo

For the South African martial artist, Karin Prinsloo, see Karin Prinsloo (karateka).

Karin Prinsloo

Personal information
Full name	Karin Prinsloo
Nationality	South Africa
Born	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 Marble Hall, Limpopo, South Africa
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	154 lb (70 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, freestyle
Club	Northern Tigers (University of Pretoria)
Medal record All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo 50 m freestyle 2011 Maputo 100 m freestyle 2011 Maputo 200 m freestyle 2011 Maputo 50 m backstroke 2011 Maputo 200 m butterfly 2011 Maputo 4×100 m freestyle 2011 Maputo 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Maputo 4×100 m mixed medley 2015 Brazzaville 200 m freestyle 2015 Brazzaville 400 m freestyle 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m freestyle 2015 Brazzaville 4×200 m freestyle 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m medley 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed freestyle 2011 Maputo 100 m backstroke 2015 Brazzaville 50 m freestyle 2015 Brazzaville 100 m freestyle 2015 Brazzaville 100 m backstroke 2015 Brazzaville 200 m backstroke 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed medley

Karin Prinsloo (born 2 December 1989) is a South African swimmer. She was a member of the 2012 South Africa Olympic team, and competed in two individual events at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Personal life

Prinsloo was born in Marble Hall, Limpopo, in 1989 and she attended Ben Viljoen High School in Groblersdal, where she graduated in 2007.

Then she attended University of Pretoria in Pretoria, South Africa, where she is coached by Igor Omeltchenko.

Swimming career

All Africa Games 2011

Prinsloo narrowly missed out on the gold medal in the woman's 100 m backstroke, where she was up against African record holder Kirsty Coventry, of Zimbabwe. Coventry touched first in 1:00.86 with Prinsloo less than a second behind in 1:01.46 and Amel Melih, of Algeria, third in 1:07.27.

Prinsloo struck gold later as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay team of Natasha de Vos, Roxanne Tammadge and Suzaan van Biljon.

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 20th overall in the heats in the Women's 200 metre freestyle with a time of 1:59.24, and failed to reach the semifinals. She reached the finals of the 200 m backstroke, but was not fast enough to reach the final.

2014 Commonwealth Games

At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Prinsloo competed in the 100 m and 200 m freestyle, and the 4 × 100 m freestyle, 4 × 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relays.