Jamie Peterkin (born February 28, 1982) is a male

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

from

Castries Castries is the capital and largest city of Saint Lucia, an island country in the Caribbean. The urban area has a population of approximately 20,000, while the eponymous district has a population of 70,000, as at May 2013. The city stretches o ...

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

. He swam for Saint Lucia in the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, finishing 59th in the 50-meter

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. He is a member of the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

swimming team, specializing in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle events.UKathletics.com: Jamie Peterkin profile

References

1982 births Living people Olympic swimmers of Saint Lucia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games Kentucky Wildcats men's swimmers Commonwealth Games competitors for Saint Lucia Pan American Games competitors for Saint Lucia Saint Lucian expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{SaintLucia-swimming-bio-stub