Jan Venter

Jan Venter

Personal information
Full name	Jan Albert Venter
Nationality	South Africa
Born	23 April 1988 Hartenbos, Western Cape, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	TuksSport
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for  South Africa Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi 4×200 m freestyle All-Africa Games 2011 Maputo 4×200 m freestyle 2011 Maputo 800 m freestyle

Jan Albert Venter (also Jasper Venter, born April 23, 1988 in Hartenbos, Western Cape) is a South African swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.^[1] Venter won a bronze medal, as a member of the South African team, in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.^[2] He also helped his team to claim the title in the same relay distance at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, posting a meet record time of 7:33.63.^[3]

Venter qualified as a member of the South African team for the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing third in the same distance from the national championships (1:50.60).^[4][5] Teaming with Sebastien Rousseau, Darian Townsend, and Jean Basson, Venter swam the third leg with a split of 1:49.56, but the South Africans rounded out the final field to last place in 7:13.02.^[6][7] Previously, they set an African standard of 7:10.91 from the preliminary heats.^[8]

At the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy, Venter helped out his South African team (Basson, Rousseau, and Townsend) to dip under a 7:10 barrier, and broke a new record of 7:08.01 in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.^[9][10]

References

1. "Jan Venter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
2. "Commonwealth Games: Matthew Cowdrey Sets ParaSport World Record During Day Three Finals". Swimming World Magazine. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
3. "All Africa Games: Jason Dunford Flies to Victory, Kirsty Coventry Wins As Well". Swimming World Magazine. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
4. "South African Championships: Jessica Pengelly Leads Record Bonanza". Swimming World Magazine. 6 April 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
5. Staff (7 April 2008). "SA swimmers sparkle in Games trials". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
6. "Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Final". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
7. Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: U.S. Men Break 7:00 In Men's 800 Freestyle Relay". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
8. Lohn, John (12 August 2008). "Olympics, Swimming: United States Shatters Olympic Record to Qualify First in 800 Freestyle Relay". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
9. "SA relay record in Rome". SASCOC. 31 July 2009. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
10. "2009 FINA World Championships (Rome, Italy) – Men's 4×200m Freestyle Relay Heats" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 6 April 2013.

External links

• NBC Olympics Profile