Joan Harrison, who won the women’s 100-meter backstroke at the 1952 Olympics for South Africa, has died on May 20 at age 89. Harrison, who went by her married name Joan Breetzke late in life, was born in East London, South Africa. She came from an ...

Mbombela played host to the next generation of South African swimming talent as nearly 100 youth athletes gathered for an intensive High Performance training camp, culminating in a competitive Grand Prix meet over the weekend.