Josiah Binnema Explained
Josiah Binnema |
Fullname: | Josiah James Binnema |
Strokes: | Butterfly, Backstroke |
Club: | High Performance Centre - Vancouver |
Collegeteam: | University Of Alberta, University of British Columbia |
Birth Date: | 8 November 1997 |
Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Height: | 6ft 2in |
Weight: | 185 lbs |
Josiah Binnema (born 8 November 1997) is a Canadian swimmer.
Career
His first international appearance came at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, where he placed 18th in the 50m butterfly, 6th in the 4x100 metre medley relay, and 11th in the 100-m butterfly setting a new Junior Canadian Record of 53.86.[1] He competed in the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, placing 37th in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, 34th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly and 12th in 4x100 metre medley relay.[2] [3] [4] In the 2018 Commonwealth Games Binnema managed 12th in the Men’s 200 backstroke, 9th in the Men’s 50 butterfly, 5th in the Men’s 100 butterfly final and 4th in the 4x100 medley relay.[5] [6] [7] [8]
In Tokyo for the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Binnema swam four races. He swam the Men’s 200 metre backstroke placing 18th, the Men’s 100 metre butterfly where he placed 11th, and the 4x100 medley relay, in which the team placed 5th overall.[9] [10] [11] Binnema’s best performance came in the 4x100 Mixed Medley relay, where he swam 51.56 seconds on the butterfly leg of the relay, which is the second fastest split in Canadian history.[12] The 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Korea only saw one appearance from Binnema which was Men’s 100 metre butterfly where he placed 24th.[13] Later that month Binnema swam the Men’s 50 butterfly and Men’s 100 butterfly in the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup.
Sources
Notes and References
- Web site: Josiah Binnema – Swimming Canada .
- Web site: Heats results . 29 July 2017 . 28 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170728133625/http://omegatiming.com/file/download/?id=000111010A0104EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 . dead .
- Web site: Heats results . 22 August 2020 . 30 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730201511/http://omegatiming.com/file/download/?id=000111010A0104EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01 . dead .
- Web site: Heats results . 22 August 2020 . 9 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181009175337/http://www.omegatiming.com/file/download/?id=000111010A0105F701FFFFFFFFFFFF01 . dead .
- https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C74A_SWMM200MBA------------HEAT--------.pdf Heats results
- name=CWG2018>Web site: Swimming - Daily Schedule. Gold Coast 2018. 4 April 2018.
- https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C73A1_SWMM100MBF------------FNL-000100--.pdf Final results
- https://results.gc2018.com/resCG2018-/pdf/CG2018-/SWM/CG2018-_SWM_C73B1_SWMM4X100MMD----------FNL-000100--.pdf Final results
- Web site: Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 14 August 2018.
- Web site: Results of the 100-metre butterfly finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 23 August 2014 . 12 August 2018.
- Web site: Results of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay finals at 2014 Pan Pacific . Australia Swimming . 24 August 2014 . 15 August 2018 . 15 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140915025133/http://liveresults.swimming.org.au/sal/2014PP/140821F034.htm . dead .
- Web site: Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final . Seiko.co.jp . 9 August 2018 . 16 August 2018.
- http://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070104EC01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf Heats results