Clayton Jimmie Explained

Clayton Jimmie
Birth Date:10 July 1995
Birth Place:Durban, South Africa[1]
Height:1.91 m
Weight:72 kg

Clayton Jimmie (born 10 July 1995) is a South African swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2] [3]

In April 2022, at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships, Jimmie won the bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.82 seconds, achieved a qualifying time for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the event and was named to the South Africa roster in the event for the 2022 World Championships.[4] [5] On day five of the World Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, he placed 55th in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 50.68 seconds.[6] Later in the same prelims session, he placed eighteenth in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, splitting a 56.05 for the butterfly leg of the relay.[7] Two days later, he placed 43rd in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.74 seconds.[8]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England in July and August, Jimmie qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly ranking 16th with a time of 24.17 seconds in the preliminaries.[9] Later in the same preliminaries session, he was part of the South Africa relay team that was disqualified in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay.[10] For the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly later the same day, he did not advance to the final, placing seventh in his semifinal heat.[11] The following day, he helped qualify the 4×100 metre freestyle relay to the final ranking sixth, splitting a 50.28 for the second leg of the relay in the morning preliminaries.[12] In the evening final, he lowered his split time for the second leg of the relay to a 50.12 to contribute to a time of 3:23.41 and sixth-place finish.[13]

Day five of competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Jimmie ranked fourteenth in the preliminaries of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.98 seconds, qualifying for the semifinals.[14] [15] He placed eleventh in the semifinals with a time of 22.62 seconds.[16] [17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clayton Jimmie - Player Profile - Swimming . 30 July 2019 . Eurosport.
  2. Web site: Heats results . 23 July 2017 . FINA . https://web.archive.org/web/20170726082505/http://omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000111010A0101F701FFFFFFFFFFFF01 . 26 July 2017 . dead .
  3. Web site: 2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes . 23 July 2017 . Budapest 2017 . 22 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181022064850/https://fina-budapest2017.com/en/home . dead .
  4. [Swimming South Africa|SwimSA TV]
  5. http://swimsa.org/news/veteran-le-clos-joins-teenage-brigade-in-sa-team-for-swimming-world-championships "Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships"
  6. [FINA]
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  9. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMM50MBF-------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
  10. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-29/SWMX4X100MFR----------HEAT--------__C74B_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Mixed 4x100m Freestyle Relay Heats Results Summary"
  11. https://www.news24.com/sport/othersport/commonwealthgames/live-birmingham-commonwealth-games-20220728 "Commonwealth Games Day 1: Van Niekerk powers again to Games record to advance to 50m final, Le Clos fails to defend 50m fly"
  12. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM4X100MFR----------HEAT--------__C74B_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Heats Results Summary"
  13. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-07-30/SWMM4X100MFR----------FNL---------__C74B_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final Results"
  14. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM50MFR-------------HEAT--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
  15. https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sprinter-akani-simbine-qualifies-for-second-round-of-100m-at-commonwealth-games/ "Sprinter Akani Simbine qualifies for second round of 100m at Commonwealth Games"
  16. https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMM50MFR-------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Men's 50m Freestyle Semi-Finals Results Summary"
  17. http://swimsa.org/news/golden-girl-van-niekerk-makes-it-two-from-two-as-sa-swimmers-rake-in-more-medals "Golden girl Van Niekerk makes it two from two as SA swimmers rake in more medals"

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