John Kamyuka | |
Fullname: | John Kamyuka |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1989 |
Birth Place: | Gaborone, Botswana |
Height: | 1.750NaN0 |
Weight: | 520NaN0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
John Kamyuka (born January 11, 1989) is a Botswana swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He became one of the first ever Botswana swimmers, alongside Samantha Paxinos to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing among the top 75 in the men's 50 m freestyle.[2]
Kamyuka received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as a lone male swimmer for the Botswana team in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] Swimming in heat five, Kamyuka raced his way to sixth place in a splash-and-dash finish with a lifetime best of 25.54 seconds. Kamyuka failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-second overall out of ninety-seven swimmers in the prelims.[3]