Joyce Tafatatha
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Joyce Feith Tafatatha (born April 18, 1998) is a Malawian athlete who specializes in swimming.[1][2] She participated in the London 2012 Olympics for Malawi in the women's 50 m freestyle swimming event.[3] She currently holds a number of swimming records in Malawi.[4] She recently moved to the Netherlands to further her swimming career after a brilliant showing at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in which she swam a Personal Best time of 27.74.[5]
Personal life
[edit]She began competing competitively when she was a student at Saint Andrew's International High School in Blantyre.[6] She swam for Liyani Swimming Club based at the Saint Andrew's International High School, she competed at a national and international level for Malawi, she holds many Malawi national records. She stunned all when she broke 6 national records in the Malawi National Swimming Championships at Bishop Mackenzie International School in March 2012.
She recently moved to Netherlands to advance her swimming career.
Career
[edit]She began here swimming career at a young age and continued swimming competitively throughout high school. She held a number of Malawi national records.
Events
[edit]Cana Zone IV Swimming
[edit]She won four medals at the Cana Swimming Games. Including two Gold medals and a Silver Medal in swimming at the Cana Zone IV Swimming Championships - Mozambique.[6][7]
2012 Olympics
[edit]She was 14 when she competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics, making her and Aurelie Fanchette the two youngest competitors at the Games.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Joyce Tafatatha - Swimming - Olympic Athlete | London 2012 Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malawi's Joyce Tafatatha trains at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in London. Opening ceremonies for the 20...
- ^ "Malawi Olympic team gets into action Friday". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
- ^ Malawi Aquatic Union – National Records Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malawi’s Tafatatha wins in 50m swimming at London Olympics | Nyasa Times Malawi breaking news in Malawi Archived 2013-01-30 at archive.today
- ^ a b http://www.swimwest.org/region/index.php?/news/content/pdf/12593[permanent dead link]
- ^ Nation Online – Tafatatha wins 2 Cana golds
- ^ "Young Olympians from Malawi and Seychelles Make Splash – Sonny Side of Sports".
- Malawian female swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Malawi
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- 1998 births
- Alumni of Saint Andrews International High School
- Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Malawi
- Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Malawian female freestyle swimmers