Jemma Louise Lowe (born 31 March 1990) is a former British international

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swimmer and British record holder. She has competed for Wales in the

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, and was a member of Great Britain's

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and 2012 Olympic teams.

Career history

Lowe was born in

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Jemma Lowe
Swimming.org, Retrieved 6 June 2011. Educated in Hartlepool, she attended High Tunstall College of Science followed by

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. She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition in 2009 and 2010. She won three

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individual championships in butterfly events, and received eight

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honours in two college seasons. After the 2010 college season, she returned to Britain, she then moved back to Wales to train at the Swansea Intensive Training Centre in Wales with coach Bud McAllister, mentor to the triple Olympic champion of 1988,

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. In 2013 Jemma decided to move her swimming training to Bath National Centre, in 2014 Jemma was part of the Mixed Medley relay with Adam Peaty, that broke the World Record for the first time for GB. In 2016 Jemma retired from her competitive swimming after representing GB for over 10 years. Lowe competed for Great Britain at the

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in Beijing in two individual events, as well a British relay team. She finished sixth in the 100-metre butterfly final with a time of 58.06, and reached the semi-finals of the 200-metre butterfly, coming ninth with a time of 2:07.87. She was also a member of the British 4x100-metre medley relay team that came fourth in a European record time of 3:57.50. Lowe, who at 14 was selected for the Smart Track squad of super talents formed by the then Britain Performance Director Bill Sweetenham. She also competed in the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships, coming third in the 100-metre butterfly and women's 4x100-metre medley relay, as well as fourth in the 200-metre butterfly. She was also part of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay team that won the 2008 European Championships in a then European record. As her father is Welsh, Lowe competes for

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at the

and won a bronze medal in the 100-metre butterfly in the

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in Delhi. At the

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in London, she competed for Great Britain. She finished sixth in the 200-metre butterfly final with a time of 2:06.80. She was also a member of the eighth-place British team in the 4x100-metre medley relay. Lowe held the British records for 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly at both long and short course. She set her long course times at the British Championships (which acted as a qualifier for the Olympics), where she came first in the 200-metre butterfly and second in the 100-metre (she later equalled her 100-metre mark at Beijing). Her short course times for 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly were achieved at the World Short Course Championships and the Middlesbrough Open respectively. She competed at the

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. Jemma now helps athletes obtain sport scholarships at Universities in America with the team at https://www.collegesportsamerica.com/.

Personal bests and records held

References

External links

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Jemma Lowe – British Swimming athlete profile at Swimming.org

Jemma Lowe – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lowe, Jemma 1990 births Living people British female butterfly swimmers Welsh female butterfly swimmers British female medley swimmers Welsh female medley swimmers Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales Commonwealth Games swimmers for Wales Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Swimmers at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Florida Gators women's swimmers British expatriate swimmers in the United States People educated at English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College Sportspeople from Hartlepool English people of Welsh descent

Career history

Personal bests and records held

See also

References

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