Katheryn Meaklim

{{Short description|South African swimmer (born 1989)}}

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{{Medal|Competition|African Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|2011 Maputo|400m individual medley}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2011 Maputo|200m individual medley}}

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Katheryn Meaklim (born 20 July 1989) is a South African swimmer who mainly competes in the Women's 200 and 400 m individual medley.{{refn|name=OlympicBotGeneratedRef|{{cite web|title=Katheryn Meaklim|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/meaklim-katheryn-1061880/|work=London 2012|publisher=The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited|accessdate=13 September 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730035301/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/meaklim-katheryn-1061880/|archivedate=30 July 2012}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/katheryn-meaklim-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/katheryn-meaklim-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Katheryn Meaklim|publisher=www.sports-reference.com|date= |accessdate=12 March 2016}}

At the 2008 Summer Olympics she competed in the 200 m butterfly, the 400 m individual medley and the 4 x 100 m freestyle relay.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics she finished 16th overall in the heats in the Women's 400 metre individual medley and failed to reach the final, and had the same result in the 200 m individual medley.

Meaklim is the daughter of Zimbabwean athlete Mariette Van Heerden.Russouw, Johann. [http://www.up.ac.za/media/shared/Legacy/sitefiles/file/1795/4917/ontherun25/octobermedalist.pdf "History of the Olympics"] The Medalist. October 2012: p.9 Retrieved 4 December, 2017.