Josiah Binnema
Personal information
Full nameJosiah James Binnema
Born (1997-11-08) 8 November 1997
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, Backstroke
ClubHigh Performance Centre - Vancouver
College teamUniversity Of Alberta, University of British Columbia

Josiah Binnema (born 8 November 1997) is a Canadian swimmer.

Career

His first international appearance came at the 2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, where he placed 18th in the 50m butterfly, 6th in the 4x100 metre medley relay, and 11th in the 100-m butterfly setting a new Junior Canadian Record of 53.86.[1] He competed in the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, placing 37th in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, 34th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly and 12th in 4x100 metre medley relay.[2][3][4] In the 2018 Commonwealth Games Binnema managed 12th in the Men’s 200 backstroke, 9th in the Men’s 50 butterfly, 5th in the Men’s 100 butterfly final and 4th in the 4x100 medley relay.[5][6][7][8]

In Tokyo for the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships Binnema swam four races. He swam the Men’s 200 metre backstroke placing 18th, the Men’s 100 metre butterfly where he placed 11th, and the 4x100 medley relay, in which the team placed 5th overall.[9][10][11] Binnema’s best performance came in the 4x100 Mixed Medley relay, where he swam 51.56 seconds on the butterfly leg of the relay, which is the second fastest split in Canadian history.[12] The 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Korea only saw one appearance from Binnema which was Men’s 100 metre butterfly where he placed 24th.[13] Later that month Binnema swam the Men’s 50 butterfly and Men’s 100 butterfly in the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup.

References

  1. ↑ "Josiah Binnema – Swimming Canada".
  2. ↑ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Heats results". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Heats results
  6. ↑ name=CWG2018>"Swimming - Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Final results
  8. ↑ Final results
  9. ↑ "Results of the 200-metre backstroke finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  10. ↑ "Results of the 100-metre butterfly finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  11. ↑ "Results of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay finals at 2014 Pan Pacific". Australia Swimming. 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "Pan Pacific Championships 2018 – Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay Final" (PDF). Seiko.co.jp. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Heats results

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