| James Lawson | |
| Nationality: | Zimbabwean |
| Strokes: | breaststroke, medley |
| Birth Date: | 17 January 1995 |
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]
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]
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Representing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | All-Africa Games | Maputo, Mozambique | Nicholas Burnett, Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris | 7th | freestyle | 3:43.14 | ||
| Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris, Nicholas Burnett | 6th | freestyle | 8:21.44 | |||||
| Nicholas Burnett, Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris | 7th | medley | 4:09.70 | |||||
| 2015 | African Games | align=left | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo | Kirsty Coventry, Tarryn Rennie, Sean Gunn | 3rd | mixed medley | 4:00.78 NR | |