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| Full name | Jemma Louise Lowe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1990 Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom |
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| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Borough of Stockton Swim Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jemma Louise Lowe (born 31 March 1990) is an English university and international butterfly swimmer and British record holder.
Lowe was born in Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom.[1] She currently attends the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where she swims for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition.
Lowe competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly swimming events, as well as the 4x100-metre medley relay. She finished sixth in the 100-metre 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 part of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay that came fourth in a European record time of 3:57.50.
Lowe 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, Jemma competes for Wales at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal in the 100-metre butterfly in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Lowe holds 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 equaled 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.
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| Event | Long course | Short course |
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| 50 m butterfly | 27.56 (2006) | 26.50 (2008) |
| 100 m butterfly | 57.78 (2008) NR | 56.84 (2008) NR |
| 200 m butterfly | 2:06.64 (2008) | 2:04.01 (2008) NR |
| 200 m individual medley | 2.18.93 (2005) | 2.18.93 (2005) |
| Record Key NR:British | ||