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Roland Mark Schoeman (born July 3, 1980) is a South African swimmer and a member of the 2004 Olympic Games swimming team for South Africa.
Career
Born in Pretoria, Schoeman first ventured seriously into a pool when he was 16, in order to show a girl how interested he was in her. Within a few months he was swimming competitively, beginning a career that would see him attain one gold medal, two silvers and a bronze at the Commonwealth Games and set new South African records in the 100 m Freestyle (48.69s), 50 m Freestyle (22.04s), 100 m Butterfly (52.73s) and 50 m Butterfly (23.65s) events.
His latest achievements have been winning a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the 4 x 100 m freestyle, a silver medal in the 100 m freestyle event and a bronze in the 50 m freestyle.
At the 2005 LC World Championships in Montreal, Canada he won two gold medals m Butterfly (in a world record time of 22.96s) and Freestyle.
In December 2005, Roland turned down a 40 Million Rand ($5.9 Million) contract to swim for Qatar. He stated reasons of national pride for turning down the offer. Saying that hearing the South African national anthem and sharing the joy of his victories with his fellow South Africans is what made winning Gold special.
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1980 births | Living people | Olympic swimmers of South Africa | Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics | People from Pretoria | Swimming World African Swimmers of the Year
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