{"id":115288,"date":"2012-05-26T08:12:18","date_gmt":"2012-05-26T08:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2012\/05\/burglars-steal-swim-champs-medals\/"},"modified":"2012-05-26T08:12:18","modified_gmt":"2012-05-26T08:12:18","slug":"burglars-steal-swim-champs-medals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/05\/26\/burglars-steal-swim-champs-medals\/","title":{"rendered":"Burglars steal swim champ\u2019s medals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>2012-05-26 10:02<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Pretoria \u2013 Burglars ripped a security gate from a wall to gain entrance to the home of SA swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.beeld.com\/Suid-Afrika\/Nuus\/Swemheld-op-sy-verjaardag-besteel-20120525\">Beeld<\/a> reported that the burglars broke into the Van der Burgh family home in the middle of the day, taking valuables like expensive bottles of perfume, an iPad, laptops and TVs as well as irreplaceable medals and trophies.<\/p>\n<p>The worst part was that it happened on Van der Burg\u2019s 24th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Van der Burg was most upset about the loss of his medals and trophies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have a lot of sentimental value for me and although I\u2019m grateful that no one was hurt, I\u2019m furious and feel my privacy has been violated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van der Burgh is on the SA swimming team that will soon leave for Europe in preparation for this year\u2019s Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news24.com\/SouthAfrica\/News\/Burglars-steal-swim-champs-medals-20120526\" title=\"Burglars steal swim champ\u2019s medals\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Burglars steal swim champ\u2019s medals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 2012-05-26 10:02 Pretoria \u2013 Burglars ripped a security gate from a wall to gain entrance to the home of SA swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh. Beeld reported that the burglars broke into the Van der Burgh family home in the middle of the day, taking valuables like expensive bottles of perfume, an iPad, laptops and TVs as well as irreplaceable medals and trophies. The worst part was that it happened on Van der Burg\u2019s 24th birthday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Burglars steal swim champ\u2019s medals - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2012\/05\/26\/burglars-steal-swim-champs-medals\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Burglars steal swim champ\u2019s medals - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"2012-05-26 10:02 Pretoria \u2013 Burglars ripped a security gate from a wall to gain entrance to the home of SA swimming champion Cameron van der Burgh. 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