Kaylene Corbett

Kaylene Corbett (born 15 June 1999) is a South African swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2][3]

Kaylene Corbett
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999
Bloemfontein, South Africa[1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  South Africa
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
African Games 5 0 0
African Championships 4 0 0
Total 9 0 0
African Games
2019 Casablanca50 m breaststroke
2019 Casablanca100 m breaststroke
2019 Casablanca200 m breaststroke
2019 Casablanca4×100 m medley
2019 Casablanca4×100 m mixed medley
African Championships
2016 Bloemfontein50 m breaststroke
2016 Bloemfontein100 m breaststroke
2016 Bloemfontein200 m breaststroke
2016 Bloemfontein4×100 m medley

In June 2021, she qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] She won the second semi-final and joined her teammate, Tatjana Schoenmaker, in the final. It was the first time since Sydney 2000 that two South African women reached the finals of the same event. Corbett managed fifth place while Schoenmaker took gold.[5]

The following year, in April 2022, she won the silver medal in the 200 metre breaststroke at the year's South Africa National Swimming Championships with a 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifying time of 2:24.66.[6][7]

References
  1. "Fresh & Hungry: Kaylene Corbett". heslopsports.co.za. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  2. "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  3. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. "Kaylene Corbett Time Trials an Olympic Qualification Swim in 200 Breast at South African Nationals". Swimming World News. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  5. "SA's Schoenmaker smashes 200m breaststroke world record and claims Olympic gold". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  6. SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  7. Isaacson, David (8 April 2022). "Tatjana, Kaylene deliver world champ times, but focus is Commonwealth". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
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