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| Born | 10 July 1995 Durban, South Africa[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Clayton Jimmie (born 10 July 1995) is a South African swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.[2][3]
In April 2022, at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships, Jimmie won the bronze medal in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.82 seconds, achieved a qualifying time for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in the event and was named to the South Africa roster in the event for the 2022 World Championships.[4][5] On day five of the World Championships, held at Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, he placed 55th in the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 50.68 seconds.[6] Later in the same prelims session, he placed eighteenth in the 4×100 metre mixed medley relay, splitting a 56.05 for the butterfly leg of the relay.[7] Two days later, he placed 43rd in the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.74 seconds.[8]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, held in Birmingham, England in July and August, Jimmie qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly ranking 16th with a time of 24.17 seconds in the preliminaries.[9] Later in the same preliminaries session, he was part of the South Africa relay team that was disqualified in the 4×100 metre mixed freestyle relay.[10] For the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly later the same day, he did not advance to the final, placing seventh in his semifinal heat.[11] The following day, he helped qualify the 4×100 metre freestyle relay to the final ranking sixth, splitting a 50.28 for the second leg of the relay in the morning preliminaries.[12] In the evening final, he lowered his split time for the second leg of the relay to a 50.12 to contribute to a time of 3:23.41 and sixth-place finish.[13]
Day five of competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Jimmie ranked fourteenth in the preliminaries of the 50 metre freestyle with a time of 22.98 seconds, qualifying for the semifinals.[14][15] He placed eleventh in the semifinals with a time of 22.62 seconds.[16][17]
