Michael Houlie Explained

Michael Houlie
Nationality:South African
Strokes:Breaststroke
Collegeteam:University of Tennessee[1]
Birth Date:27 June 2000
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
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Michael Houlie (born 27 June 2000) is a South African swimmer.[2] He competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[3] In 2019, he represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4] He also competed in the men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

2022

Houlie achieved a 2022 World Aquatics Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games qualifying time in the 50 metre breaststroke with a gold medal-winning time of 27.22 seconds at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships.[6] While his time did achieve the qualifying standard, he was not automatically qualified for the World Championships team as swimmers were required to qualify in Olympic events per the selection criteria.[7] Upon completion of the Championships, Swimming South Africa named him as a qualifier for both the World Championships and the Commonwealth Games in the 50 metre breaststroke.[8] [9]

Day two of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, conducted in July and August in Birmingham, England, Houlie ranked twelfth in the preliminaries of the 100 metre breaststroke, qualifying for the semifinals with his time of 1:01.62.[10] In the semifinals, he placed twelfth with a time of 1:01.24 and did not qualify for the event final.[11] Two days later, he swam a time of 27.10 seconds in the preliminaries of the 50 metre breaststroke, tying Adam Peaty of England for overall first-rank and qualifying for the semifinals.[12] [13] He ranked third overall in the semifinals, second in his heat behind Sam Williamson of Australia, with a time of 27.39 seconds and qualified for the final.[14] [15] He finished 0.04 seconds behind bronze medalist Ross Murdoch of Scotland in the final, with a time of 27.36 seconds, to place fourth.[16] [17]

At the 2022 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, held in Greensboro, United States, Houlie competed representing the University of Tennessee and helped win a silver medal in the 4×100 metre medley relay on day two, splitting a 50.96 for the freestyle leg of the relay to contribute to the final time of 3:43.44.[18] The following day, he placed fifth in the final of the 100 metre breaststroke with a time of 1:02.08.[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Michael Houlie Bio. SwimSwam. 27 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Michael Houlie Swims Fastest-Ever Youth Olympics 50 & 100 Breast . SwimSwam . 22 July 2019. 7 October 2018 .
  3. Web site: 18th FINA World Championships 2019: Men's 100m Breaststroke start list . FINA . 22 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190720154547/http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070103EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf . 20 July 2019 . dead .
  4. Web site: Swimming Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200727164719/http://www.frmnatation.com/sites/default/files/RESULTAT%20AFRICAIN%20GAME%20GLOBALE.pdf. 27 July 2020. 27 July 2020. 2019 African Games.
  5. Web site: Swimming HOULIE Michael. dead. 2021-08-16. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 16 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210816220309/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1323375-houlie-michael.htm.
  6. [Swimming South Africa|SwimSA TV]
  7. Jonckheere, Karien (9 April 2022). "18-year-old matric pupil stuns Olympic superstar Tatjana Schoenmaker at SA swim champs". News24. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  8. http://swimsa.org/news/sates-wraps-up-sa-championships-with-fourth-national-title "Sates wraps up SA Championships with fourth national title"
  9. du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022). "Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad". ESPN. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  10. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM100MBR------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats Results Summary"
  11. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM100MBR------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 100m Breaststroke Semi-Finals Results Summary"
  12. Burnard, Lloyd (1 August 2022). "Schoenmaker, Van Niekerk set for epic showdown as SA swimmers shine in Birmingham". News24. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  13. https://www.swimming.org/sport/commonwealth-games-day-four-heats-report/ "A Team England clean sweep as 14 swimmers progress to tonight's session"
  14. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-01/SWMM50MBR-------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Breaststroke Semi-Finals Results Summary"
  15. https://www.news24.com/sport/othersport/commonwealthgames/live-birmingham-commonwealth-games-20220728 "Coetze, Gallagher claim silver as Team SA finish off stellar day at Commonwealth Games"
  16. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM50MBR-------------FNL---------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Breaststroke Final Results"
  17. http://swimsa.org/news/golden-girl-van-niekerk-makes-it-two-from-two-as-sa-swimmers-rake-in-more-medals "Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals"
  18. [USA Swimming]
  19. [USA Swimming]

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