Michael Houlie

Michael Houlie (born 27 June 2000) is a South African swimmer.[2] He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[3] In 2019, he represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4] He also competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Michael Houlie
Michael Houlie (right) and Alexander Milanovich with their 2018 Summer Youth Olympics medals in the 50-meter breaststroke
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2000-06-27) 27 June 2000
Cape Town, South Africa
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
College teamUniversity of Tennessee[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  South Africa
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast4×100 m medley
African Games
2019 Casablanca50 m breaststroke
2019 Casablanca4×100 m mixed medley
2019 Casablanca100 m breaststroke
African Championships
2016 Bloemfontein50 m breaststroke
2016 Bloemfontein100 m breaststroke
Universiade
2019 Naples50 m breaststroke
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires50 m breaststroke

Houlie achieved a 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifying time in the 50 metre breaststroke with a gold medal-winning time of 27.22 seconds at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships.[6] While his time did achieve the qualifying standard, he was not automatically qualified for the World Championships team as swimmers were required to qualify in Olympic events per the selection criteria.[7] Upon completion of the Championships, Swimming South Africa named him as a qualifier for both the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games in the 50 metre breaststroke.[8]

References
  1. "Michael Houlie Bio". SwimSwam. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Michael Houlie Swims Fastest-Ever Youth Olympics 50 & 100 Breast". SwimSwam. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  3. "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 100m Breaststroke start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  4. "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. "Swimming HOULIE Michael - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 16 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. SwimSA TV (9 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 4". YouTube. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  7. Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs". News24. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. "Sates wraps up SA Championships with fourth national title". Swimming South Africa. 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
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