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Karen Muir

Karen Muir

Date
10 Aug 1965
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Karen Muir

At the young age of 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, Karen Muir from Kimberley became the youngest world record holder in any sport in the history of organised sport.[i] Karen Muir broke the 110 yards backstroke world record at the British amateur swimming championships in Blackpool on 10 August 1965.[ii] End Notes [i] Karen Muir South African swimming legend, http://swimhistory.org/articles/item/21-karen-muir ↵ [ii] “Tepid Torpedo” Karen Muir remembered, http://www.iol.co.za/sport/more-sport/tepid-torpedo-karen-muir-remembered-1494936 ↵

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  1. 01David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 149.
  2. 02Former South African swimming great Karen Muir dies at age 60, https://independent.ie/sport/other-sports/former-south-african-swimming-great-karen-muir-dies-at-age-60-29169693.html
  3. 03Karen Muir South African swimming legend, https://swimhistory.org/articles/item/21-karen-muir
  4. 04“Tepid Torpedo” Karen Muir remembered, https://www.iol.co.za/sport/more-sport/tepid-torpedo-karen-muir-remembered-1494936

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2017, May 9). Karen Muir. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123302

South African History Online (2017) 'Karen Muir', South African History Online, 9 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123302 (Accessed: 2 August 2026).

South African History Online, Karen Muir [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123302, (accessed 2 August 2026).

"Karen Muir." South African History Online, 9 May 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123302. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Karen Muir." South African History Online. May 9, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123302.

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