Heide Seyerling Explained

Heide Seyerling (born 19 August 1976) is a former South African athlete, born in Port Elizabeth, specializing in the 200 and 400 metres. She twice competed at the Olympic Games, in 2000 and 2004. At the 2000 Games she reached the 400 metres final finishing 6th with a new (and still standing now) national record of 50.05. She is married to former sprinter Mathew Quinn.

Competition record

Representing
1994African Junior ChampionshipsAlgiers, Algeriabgcolor=silver2nd100 m11.69
bgcolor=gold1st200 m23.59
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay46.15
World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal10th (sf)100m11.62 (wind: +0.8 m/s)
bgcolor=gold1st200m22.80 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
2nd (h)[1] 4 × 100 m relay45.63
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden200 mDQ
1998African ChampionshipsDakar, Senegal3rd200 m22.89
Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia5th200 m23.07
1999World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada38th (h)200 m23.59
11th (h)4 × 100 m relay44.35
All-Africa GamesJohannesburg, South Africa5th (h)200 m23.31[2]
7th400 m52.27
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia6th400 m50.05 (NR)
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada9th (sf)400 m50.87
2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, United Kingdom5th400 m52.87
African ChampionshipsRadès, Tunisia6th (h)400 m53.81[3]
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France20th (sf)400 m51.89
All-Africa GamesAbuja, Nigeria6th400 m52.45
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay44.44
2004African ChampionshipsBrazzaville, Republic of the Congo5th400 m51.67
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 100 m relay44.42
bgcolor=silver2nd4 × 400 m relay3:30.12
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece37th (h)200 m23.66
2006African ChampionshipsBambous, Mauritius4th400 m53.26
bgcolor=gold1st4 × 400 m relay3:36.88

Personal bests

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Notes and References

  1. Disqualified in the final.
  2. Did not start in the semifinals
  3. Did not start in the final.