Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Monaco’s Royal Family
Princess Charlene Was An Olympic Swimmer
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Princess Charlene was born in present-day Zimbabwe in 1978 but lived most of her life in South Africa. She competed in swimming tournaments in several Olympics, winning three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg. In 2000, she represented South Africa at the Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she finished fifth in the 4 x 100 m medley relay.
That same year, Charlene met Prince Albert II at the swimming competition in Monte Carlo. The couple would marry in July 2011, the same year that Charlene retired from swimming and became an Olympics ambassador.
