Jakie Wellman Explained

Fullname:Jakie Kim Wellman
Nicknames:Matana
Strokes:Freestyle
Club:Kelly College (GBR)
Collegeteam:Missouri State University (U.S.)
Birth Date:22 July 1988
Birth Place:Lusaka, Zambia
Height:1.70NaN0
Weight:650NaN0
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Jakie Kim Wellman (also Matana Wellman, born July 22, 1988) is a Zambian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is a high school graduate of Kelly College in Devon, England, and a member of the swimming team for the Missouri State Bears, while attending the Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, United States.

Wellman qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 28.39.[2] Swimming in heat four, she raced to fourth place by 0.13 of a second behind Aruba's Roshendra Vrolijk in 28.56. Wellman failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fiftieth overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Jakie Wellman. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185607/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/jakie-wellman-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 29 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 4). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 19 April 2013.
  3. Web site: Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 4. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  4. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women's 50 Freestyle, Prelims Day 7: Inky Sizzles in World Best 24.66, Joyce Next in PR 25.06, Jenny Thompson Makes It Too . . 20 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204111631/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7915.asp . 4 February 2012 .