Once again Hanim Abrahams (Grade 9) has excelled in the pool! Hanim participated in the Junior African Swimming Championships held in Egypt from the 27th to the 30th March 2017, where she was privileged to be selected as team captain for Team SA.
She achieved gold medals in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke events at these championships. These were all new records!
Hanim also won silver in the 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m IM and 400m IM events.
As part of Team SA, Hanim also won golds for the 4x100m medley relay as well as the mixed 4x100m medley relay. The relays were also won in new record times.
The SA Senior Swimming Championships were held in Durban from the 3rd to the 8th April 2017. Hanim won two youth elite medals for the 200m butterfly and 100m breaststroke events. She also won a silver medal for the 4x100m medley relay.
With the above results, Hanim has qualified for events at the upcoming Junior Commonwealth as well as the Junior World Swimming Championships.