Personal information | |
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Nationality | Zimbabwean |
Born | 17 January 1995 |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | breaststroke, medley |
Medal record |
James Lawson (born 17 January 1995) is a Zimbabwean swimmer. He competed in the men's 50 metre breaststroke event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[1][2]
Career
Lawson participated at the 2011 All-Africa Games when he qualify 3 individual final (50 & 100 m breaststroke and 200 m medley), and was part of Zimbabwean relay team. Later that year he won 2 gold and 1 bronze medal at the African Junior Swimming Championships at the Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[3]
Major results
Individual
Long course
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Zimbabwe | |||||
2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | 7th | 50 m breaststroke | 30.02 |
7th | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.27 | |||
9th (h) | 200 m breaststroke | 2:31.16 | |||
8th | 200 m medley | 2:17.08 | |||
2013 | World Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 51st (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 29.22 |
54th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.12 | |||
2015 | World Championships | Kazan, Russia | 45th (h) | 50 m breaststroke | 28.85 NR |
55th (h) | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.03 | |||
African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | 7th | 50 m breaststroke [4] | 29.14 | |
4th | 100 m breaststroke [5] | 1:03.11 NR | |||
6th | 200 m breaststroke [6] | 2:22.52 | |||
7th | 200 m medley | 2:11.07 | |||
2017 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 47th (h) | 50 m breaststroke [7] | 28.85 =NR |
51st (h) | 100 m breaststroke [8] | 1:03.52 |
Relay
Long course
Year | Competition | Venue | Team | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Zimbabwe | ||||||
2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | Nicholas Burnett, Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris | 7th | 4 × 100 m freestyle | 3:43.14 |
Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris, Nicholas Burnett | 6th | 4 × 200 m freestyle | 8:21.44 | |||
Nicholas Burnett, Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris | 7th | 4 × 100 m medley | 4:09.70 | |||
2015 | African Games | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | Kirsty Coventry, Tarryn Rennie, Sean Gunn | 3rd | 4 × 100 m mixed medley | 4:00.78 NR |
References
- ↑ "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ↑ "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ↑ "Teenager Lawson breaks Africa junior swimming record". www.newsday.co.zw. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ↑ 2015 African Games 50 m breaststroke final result
- ↑ 2015 African Games 100 m breaststroke final result
- ↑ 2015 African Games 200 m breaststroke final result
- ↑ 2017 World Aquatics Championships 50 m breaststroke heats results
- ↑ 2017 World Aquatics Championships 100 m breaststroke heats results
External links
- James Lawson at World Aquatics
- James Lawson at SwimRankings.net
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