Jemma Lowe

Jemma Lowe

Personal information
Full name	Jemma Louise Lowe
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	31 March 1990 (1990-03-31) Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Butterfly
Club	Swansea Intensive Training Centre
College team	University of Florida
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Great Britain World Championships – Short course Silver 2010 Dubai 200 m butterfly Bronze 2008 Manchester 100 m butterfly Bronze 2008 Manchester 4×100 m medley European Championships – Long course Gold 2008 Eindhoven 4×100 m medley European Championships – Short course Silver 2011 Szczecin 100 m butterfly Silver 2011 Szczecin 200 m butterfly Bronze 2008 Rijeka 200 m butterfly Competitor for Wales Commonwealth Games Bronze 2010 Delhi 100 m butterfly

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. She attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition before returning to Britain, where she is currently based at the Swansea Intensive Training Centre in Wales with coach Bud McAllister, mentor to the triple Olympic champion of 1988, Janet Evans (USA).

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, who at 14 was selected for the Smart Track squad of super talents formed by the then Britain Performance Director Bill Sweetenham, 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.

Personal bests and records held

Event	Long course	Short course
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

See also

• Florida Gators
• List of University of Florida Olympians

External links

• British Olympic Association athlete profile
• British Swimming athlete profile