Jemma Lowe
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Full name | Jemma Louise Lowe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hartlepool, England | 31 March 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Swansea Intensive Training Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Florida (US) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jemma Louise Lowe (born 31 March 1990) is a former British international butterfly swimmer and British record holder. She has competed for Wales in the Commonwealth Games, and was a member of Great Britain's 2008 and 2012 Olympic teams.
Career history
Lowe was born in
She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
Lowe competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in two individual events, as well a British relay team. She finished sixth in the 100-metre butterfly final with a time of 58.06, and reached the semi-finals of the 200-metre butterfly, coming ninth with a time of 2:07.87. She was also a member of the British 4x100-metre medley relay team that came fourth in a European record time of 3:57.50.
Lowe, who at 14 was selected for the Smart Track squad of super talents formed by the then Britain Performance Director
As her father is Welsh, Lowe competes for Wales at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the 100-metre butterfly in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she competed for Great Britain. She finished sixth in the 200-metre butterfly final with a time of 2:06.80. She was also a member of the eighth-place British team in the 4x100-metre medley relay.
Lowe held the
She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[4]
Jemma now helps athletes obtain sport scholarships at Universities in America with the team at https://www.collegesportsamerica.com/.
Personal bests and records held
Long course | Short course | |
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50 m butterfly | 26.71 (2009) | 26.50 (2008) |
100 m butterfly | 57.43 (2008) | 56.32 (2013) |
200 m butterfly | 2:05.36 (2011) | 2:03.19 (2012) NR |
200 m individual medley | 2.19.86 (2007) | 2.15.34 (2007) |
Record Key NR:British |
See also
- List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
- List of British records in swimming
- List of University of Florida Olympians
References
- ^ "Jemma Lowe bio". 20th Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ British Swimming, Profiles, Jemma Lowe. Swimming.org, Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ "Teacher praises J-Lo dedication - Hartlepool Mail". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Jemma Lowe Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
External links
- Jemma Lowe – British Olympic Association athlete profile at TeamGB.com
- Jemma Lowe – British Swimming athlete profile at Swimming.org
- Jemma Lowe – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com