罗兰德•马克•舒曼（roland mark schoeman）（游泳 南非）
athens, 19 august 2004, games of the xxviii olympiad. men's swimming: roland mark schoeman of south africa winner of the first 50m freestyle semifinal.
born: 3 july 1980
birthplace: pretoria, afrique du sud
nationality: afrique du sud
sport: aquatics
attendance at the olympic games
sydney 2000
athens 2004
awards
olympic medals:
gold: 1
silver: 1
bronze: 1
south african swimming breakthrough
roland schoeman first took up swimming to impress a prospective girlfriend. he was good enough at the sport to qualify for the olympics in 2000, and participated in the 50m and 100m freestyle, without being able to qualify for the finals. at the 2001 world championships, he earned a bronze medal in the 50m freestyle, but his greatest success would come at the 2004 athens olympics. in the 4x100m freestyle relay, schoeman, swimming the leadoff leg, put the south african team into a lead that they would never relinquish. schoeman was followed in the pool by lyndon ferns, darian townsend and ryk neethling. when neethling touched the wall to complete the race, the south africans had not only won by 1.19 seconds, they had broken the world and the olympic records set at the last olympics. schoeman went on to take two more medals in individual events. in the 100m freestyle, he was just edged at the end by pieter van den hoogenband, who beat schoeman by only six hundredths of a second. schoeman completed his set of medals with a bronze in the 50 freestyle, finishing only nine hundredths of a second behind winner gary hall.
生日：1980年7月3日
出生地：比勒陀利亚，南非
国籍: 南非
项目: 游泳
参加奥运会时间：
2000年澳大利亚悉尼夏季奥运会
2004年希腊雅典夏季奥运会
奥运成绩:
金牌1 枚
银牌1 枚
铜牌1 枚
南非游泳运动的突破
为了打动女友的芳心，罗兰德•舒曼学习游泳，他的成绩提高得很快，并获得2000年悉尼奥运会男子50米和100米自由泳比赛的参赛资格，但舒 曼在悉尼没能进入这两个项目的决赛。2001年世界锦标赛上，舒曼在50米自由泳比赛中获得铜牌。他最辉煌的瞬间发生在2004年的雅典奥运赛场：在 4x100米自由泳接力比赛中，舒曼和队友以1.19秒的优势打破世界纪录和奥运会纪录，并且为南非夺取这枚金牌。在雅典，舒曼还参加了另外两个个人项目 的争夺：他在100米自由泳比赛中获得银牌，50米自由泳中获得铜牌。