James Lawson (swimmer)

James Lawson

Personal information
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Born	(1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 29)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	breaststroke, medley
Medal record African Games 2015 Brazzaville 4x100 m mixed medley relay

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]

Career

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]

Major results

Individual

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zimbabwe
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

Relay

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Team	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Zimbabwe
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	Nicholas Burnett, Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris	7th	4 × 100 m freestyle	3:43.14
			Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris, Nicholas Burnett	6th	4 × 200 m freestyle	8:21.44
			Nicholas Burnett, Sloane Marshall, Timothy Ferris	7th	4 × 100 m medley	4:09.70
2015	African Games	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	Kirsty Coventry, Tarryn Rennie, Sean Gunn	3rd	4 × 100 m mixed medley	4:00.78 NR

References

1. "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
2. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
3. "Teenager Lawson breaks Africa junior swimming record". www.newsday.co.zw. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
4. 2015 African Games 50 m breaststroke final result
5. 2015 African Games 100 m breaststroke final result
6. 2015 African Games 200 m breaststroke final result
7. 2017 World Aquatics Championships 50 m breaststroke heats results
8. 2017 World Aquatics Championships 100 m breaststroke heats results

External links

• James Lawson at World Aquatics
• James Lawson at SwimRankings.net