Charlene, Princess of Monaco

Charlene, Princess of Monaco, was born Charlene Lynette Wittstock on 25 January 1978 in Bulawayo, Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, and moved with her family to South Africa in 1989. Before her marriage to Prince Albert II she was a competitive swimmer for South Africa. She began her swimming career in 1996 by winning the South African Championship and went on to win three gold medals and a silver medal at the 1999 All-Africa Games. She represented South Africa at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games, taking a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metre medley relay in 2002, and swam on the South African women's medley relay team that finished fifth at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She retired from professional swimming in 2007, married Prince Albert in 2011, and has since supported charity work centred on sport, AIDS and underprivileged children.