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Karen Muir (16 September 1952 – 1 April 2013)〔〔 was a South African competitive swimmer. Born and raised in Kimberley, she attended the Diamantveld High School, where she matriculated in 1970.〔"Tributes pour in for Karen Muir" ''Diamond Fields Advertiser'' 3 April 2013 p 4〕 On 10 August 1965, aged 12 years, 10 months, and 25 days, she became the youngest person to break a sporting world record in any discipline when she swam the 110 yards backstroke in 1m 08.7s at the ASA National Junior Championships in Blackpool, England.〔(History ), Swimming South Africa〕〔("South Africa Swimmer, 12, Wins Third Title in Britain" ), ''New York Times'', 14 August 1965〕〔("Karen Muir: She Just Goes Out and Swims" ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', 15 August 1965〕 Over the following five years she would go on to set fifteen world records in the backstroke at 100 metres, 200 metres, 110 yards, and 220 yards.〔("Swimming in South Africa" ), SouthAfrica.net〕 She also won 22 South African Championships and three US National Championships.〔(Karen Muir (RSA) - 1980 Honor Swimmer ), International Swimming Hall of Fame〕 Due to the sporting boycott of South Africa during her active career, she was never able to participate in an Olympic Games.〔 She was elected to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1980. After retiring from her sport, she qualified, through the University of the Orange Free State,〔 as a doctor and practiced in the African continent.〔 Since 2000 she worked as a family physician in Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada.〔 During 2009, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. On 19 January 2012, it was reported that the cancer had spread.〔André Botha (17 January 2012). (Karen Muir veg nou om haar lewe ). volksblad.com (in Afrikaans)〕 Muir died of breast cancer at the age of 60 in Mossel Bay, South Africa on 1 April 2013. Kimberley's Olympic-sized swimming pool was named the Karen Muir Swimming Pool in honour of the young swimmer, who was nicknamed locally as the "Tepid Torpedo".〔 When Karen Muir revisited the city in 2009 she donated her Springbok blazer to the Diamantveld High School.〔 ==See also== * World record progression 100 metres backstroke * World record progression 200 metres backstroke 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen Muir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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