Swakopmund, SWA (Namibia)

In 1971, the mayor of Swakopmund, then, H.M.G. Deetlefs, was instrumental in getting the Administration to finance the construction of the Olympic-size swimming pool.

Through the Treaty of Versailles 1920, South Africa was under obligation to "develop Swakopmund as a modern holiday resort".

In March 1982, the South Africa Amateur Swimming Union took a team of swimmers from South Africa, Germany, Canada and the USA to compete in this pool.

The old municipal indoor and heated Olympic-sized swimming pool in Swakopmund was closed for good in March 2010. It appears to have been demolished in 2014.

Local champion and Springbok swimmer Dorothea Neumeister.

SWA and Namibian coach Larry Larsen