Athlete and Team Biographies

Aquatics Diving

Jenna Louise Dreyer biography

Aquatics Swimming

Jean Basson biography
Melissa Corfe biography
George Du Rand biography
Natalie Du Toit biography
Lyndon Ferns biography
Tamaryn Laubscher biography
Amanda Loots biography
Katheryn Meaklim biography
Thabang Moeketsane biography
Rene Mouton biography
Jean-Marie Neethling biography
Ryk Neethling biography
Kevin Frank Hendryck Paul biography
Hercules Prinsloo biography
Mark Randall biography
Republic of South Africa Aquatics Swimming Men biography
Republic of South Africa Aquatics Swimming Women biography
Lize-Mari Retief biography
Lauren Roets biography
Marielle Rogers biography
Roland Schoeman biography
Karl Thaning biography
Darian Townsend biography
Wendy Trott biography
Garth Tune biography
Suzaan Van Biljon biography
Kirsten Van Heerden biography
Chanelle Van Wyk biography
Neil Versfeld biography
Leone Vorster biography
Gerhard Zandberg biography

Aquatics Synchronised Swimming

Semple Derryn biography
Semple Kendra biography
Crowder Shannon biography
Republic of South Africa Aquatics Synchronised Swimming biography

Athletics

Shaun Bownes, 100m Hurdles biography
Marlene Breytenbach, 1500m biography
Ramsay Carelse, High Jump biography
Nolene Conrad, 3000m Steeplechase biography
Nicolene Cronje, 20km Walk biography
Pieter De Villiers, Track biography
Ruan De Vries, 110m Hurdles biography
Samantha Dodd, Pole Vault biography
Simone Du Toit, Shot Put biography
Suzanne Erasmus, 20km Walk biography
Surita Febbraio, Track biography
Yaw Fosu-Amoah, Long Jump biography
Paul Gorries, Track biography
Christiaan Harmse, Hammer Throw biography
Johannes Hopley, Field biography
Janice Josephs, Heptathlon biography
Leigh Julius, Track biography
Marli Knoetze, Shot Put biography
Amanda Kotze, Track biography
Hilton Langenhoven, 100m EAD T12 biography
Ruben Majola, Track biography
Tebogo Masehla, 3000m Steeplechase biography
Tanith Maxwell, Marathon biography
Martin McClintock, Long Jump biography
Ali Mkhabela, 3000m Steeplechase biography
Thuliswa Mlinganiso, 100m EAD T37 biography
Iginitius Mogawane, Track biography
Khotso Mokoena, Field biography
Neo Molema, Marathon biography
Tseko Mpolokeng, Marathon biography
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi biography
Alwyn Myburgh, 400m Hurdles biography
Elizna Naude, Discus biography
Lee-Roy Newton, Track biography
John Oosthuizen, Javelin biography
Dina Phakula, Track biography
Lebogang Phakula, Track biography
Gerhardus Pienaar, Javelin biography
Geraldine Pillay, Track biography
Snyman Prinsloo, Track biography
Charne Rademeyer, Marathon biography
Ruben Ramolefi, 3000m Steeplechase biography
Andre Rautenbach, Javelin biography
Janus Robberts, Field biography
David Roos, 200m EAD T46 biography
Adri Schoeman, Track biography
Tsholofelo Selemela, Track biography
Tshamano Setone, 5000m biography
Anika Smit, HIgh Jump biography
Moorosi Soke, 5000m biography
South Africa Men, 4x100m Relay biography
South Africa Men, 4x400m Relay biography
South Africa Women, 4x400m Relay biography
Jan Van Der Merwe, Track biography
Joseph Van Nel, 100m EAD T12 biography
Louis Van Zyl, Track biography
Sunette Viljoen, Javelin biography
Dominique Vogel, 100m EAD T37 biography
Sherwin Vries, Track biography
Estie Wittstock, Track biography

Badminton

Christoffel Dednam biography
Dednam/Harrington Badminton Open biography
Michelle Edwards biography
Edwards/Harrington Badminton Women biography
Kerry-Lee Harrington biography
Dorian Lance James biography
James/Dednam Badminton Men biography
James/Edwards Badminton Open biography
South Africa Badminton Open biography

Basketball

Quintin Cedrick Denyssen biography
Vusumuzi Innocent Dlamini biography
Patrick Anthony Engelbrecht biography
Thabang Esiah Kgwedi biography
Emmanuel Madonda biography
Nakedi Walter Maputla biography
Brendan Glenn Mettler biography
Kenneth Motaung biography
Neo Kgalabi Mothiba biography
Sifiso Ngcobo biography
Nyakallo Jacob Nthuping biography
South Africa Basketball Men biography
Christoph Jan Trauernicht biography

Boxing

Jackson Van Tonder Chauke biography
Sivuyile Gerald Dingiswayo biography
Ashley Mandla Dlamini biography
Thanduxolo Victor Dyani biography
Bongani Wonder Boy Mahlangu biography
Tshepang Lloyd Mohale biography
Bongani Mwelase biography
Sean Santana biography
Goodman Zanempi biography

Cycling Mountain Bike

Azwimangadzi Jus. Makhale biography
Burry Willie Stander biography

Cycling Road

Ryan Rodney Cox biography
David Harold George biography
Alfred Rodney Green biography
Robert Owen Hunter biography
Jeremy Paul Maartens biography
Rupert Rheeder biography

Cycling Track

Durwan Benjamin biography
Garth Conrad Thomas biography

Gymnastics Artistic

Cristian Brezeanu biography
Candice Lee Cronje biography
Steven Barry Friedman biography
Chanel Candice Moonsammy biography
Republic of South Africa Gymnastics Artistic Men biography
Republic of South Africa Gymnastics Artistic Women biography
Troy Sender biography
Gerhard Swiegers biography
Francki Van Rooyen biography
Rinette Whelpton biography

Gymnastics Rhythmic

Shalene Gwenneth Arnold biography
South Africa Republic of South Africa Gymnastics Rhythmic biography
Odette Petra-Lee Richard biography
Stephanie Holly Sandler biography

Hockey

Clyde Abrahams biography
Reece Basson biography
Tarryn Bright biography
Fiona Butler biography
Lindsey Carlisle biography
Henriette Du Buisson biography
Francois Daniel Du Plessis biography
Kenneth Robert Forbes biography
Darryn Gallagher biography
Lesle-Ann George biography
Kate Hector biography
Christopher Thirkell Hibbert biography
Taryn Hosking biography
Caroline Jack biography
Bruce Jacobs biography
Wayne Lee Madsen biography
Lenise Marais biography
Marsha Marescia biography
Jody Ian Paul biography
John Wayne Paul biography
Leroy Riaz Phillips biography
Justin Neil Reid-Ross biography
Kyle Jarred Rhodes biography
Paul Richards Hockey Men biography
Mariette Rix biography
Charles Eric Rose-Innes biography
South Africa Hockey Men biography
South Africa Hockey Women biography
Ian Robert Symons biography
Kathleen Taylor biography
Lungile Tsolekile biography
Nita Van Jaarsveld biography
Marie van Rensburg Hockey Women biography
Sharne Wehmeyer biography
Jennifer Wilson biography

Lawn Bowls

Shaun Christopher Addinall biography
Gerald Salem Baker biography
Neil Anthony Burkett biography
Kevin Arthur Hugh Campbell biography
Eric Johannes biography
Hendrika Jacoba Lynn biography
Susanna Sophia Nel biography
South Africa Lawn Bowls Men biography
South Africa Lawn Bowls Men biography
South Africa Lawn Bowls Women biography
South Africa Lawn Bowls Women biography
Patricia Ann Steyn biography
Lorna Marie-Therese Trigwell biography
Gidion Vermeulen biography
Loraine Victor biography
Colleen Webb biography

Netball

Sindisiwe Gumede biography
Nontle Pelma Gwavu biography
Lizanne Helmand biography
Charlene Hertzog biography
Simnikiwe Malusi biography
Christine Markgraaff biography
Zanele Tersia Mdodana biography
Nthabiseng Moabi biography
Martha Mosoahle biography
Adele Niemand biography
South Africa Netball Women biography
Karin Venter biography
Leigh-Ann Elizabeth Zackey biography

Rugby 7s

Stefan Basson biography
Philip Boshoff Burger biography
Renfred Le Roy Dazel biography
Fabian Mark Juries biography
Ryan Kankowski biography
Tobela Mdaka biography
Zolani Mofu biography
Jonathan Mokuena biography
Jaco Christiaan Pretorius biography
South Africa Rugby 7s Men biography
Mzwandile Wanky Stick biography
Schalk Morris Van Der Merwe biography
Antonius Gerhardus Verhoeven biography

Shooting

Squash

Diana Argyle biography
Argyle/Van Der Wath Squash Open biography
Michael Rhodes Collins biography
Rodney Durbach biography
Durbach/Hansen Squash Men biography
Adrian Hansen biography
Clinton Leeuw biography
Leeuw/Swartz Squash Open biography
Tenille Swartz biography
Craig Van Der Wath biography

Table Tennis

Luke Daniel Abrahams biography
Theo Sydney Cogill biography
Cogill/Overmeyer Table Tennis Men biography
Shireen Lyners biography
Lyners/Maal Table Tennis Women biography
Sameera Maal biography
Alett Moll biography
Shane Overmeyer biography
Overmeyer/Lyners Table Tennis Open biography
Rose Riese biography
South Africa Table Tennis Men biography

Triathlon

Hendrik Petrus De Villiers biography
Mari Rabie biography
Kate Roberts biography
Brad David Storm biography

Weightlifting

Alphonso Riaan Adonis biography
Darryn David Anthony biography
Ricardo Roberto Fitzpatrick biography
Babalwa Ndleleni biography
Evgeni Nikolaevich Popov biography
Mona Pretorius biography
Otshile Greg Shushu biography
Portia Charmaine Vries biography

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See you at Delhi 2010

Fireworks at the MCG at the closing of Melbourne 2006.

After eleven fun packed days, Melbourne 2006 is now over and all thoughts turn to the next Games - Delhi 2010. Nameste! See you in Delhi 2010! Swagatam!
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Medal Table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Australia	84	69	68
England	36	40	34
Canada	26	29	31
India	22	17	11
South Africa	12	13	13

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Betty Cuthbert of Australia wins the women's 100 metres final at the Melbourne Olympics.

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