- John Kamyuka
John Kamyuka (born 11 January 1989) [http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=64297/bio/index.html John KAMYUKA Profile & Bio] , NBC Olympics, August 2008. Accessed
2008-08-20 .] is a Batswana swimmer who represented Botswana at the2008 Summer Olympics inBeijing , competing in the men's 50m freestyle event. At a height of 175cm [http://au.sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athletes/profile/-/237976/john-kamyuka John Kamyuka's Athletic Profile] ,Yahoo! ,2008-08-14 . Accessed2008-08-20 .] (5'8" [http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fanguide/athlete?id=22273 John Kamyuka] ,ESPN , August 2008. Accessed2008-08-20 .] or 5'9") and a weight of 72 kg (158 or 159 pounds), he was (along withSamantha Paxinos ) one of the first two Olympic swimmers from his landlocked country. Although he failed to swim the 50m race in the required time, he was able to go to the Olympics as a wild card. [ [http://www.sundaystandard.info/news/news_item.php?NewsID=3563&GroupID=6 Botswana's first ever strong Olympic medal hopefuls] , "Sunday Standard ",2008-10-08 . Accessed2008-08-20 .] Swimming in the fifth heat of the 50m freestyle qualifications, he finished with a time of 25.54 seconds, completing the race sixth in his heat and seventy-second overall. He did not advance to the semifinals. [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C73A1/SWM010201.shtml#SWM010201 Results: Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinal 1] ,International Olympic Committee ,2008-08-15 . Accessed2008-08-20 .] [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C73A1/SWM010202.shtml#SWM010202 Results: Men's 50m Freestyle Semifinal 2] ,International Olympic Committee ,2008-08-15 . Accessed2008-08-20 .]Olympics results
The results for Kamyuka's heat (held on the evening of 14 August) are as follows: [ [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C73A1/SWM010905.shtml#SWM010905 Results: Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 5] ,
International Olympic Committee ,2008-08-14 . Accessed2008-08-20 .]References
External links
* [http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/6/237976.shtml Profile on the 2008 Olympics website]
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