James Sanderson (swimmer)

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James Sanderson
Personal information
Full nameJames Peter Sanderson
Nationality Gibraltarian
Born (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 29)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes freestyle, butterfly, medley

James Peter Sanderson (born 29 June 1993) is a Gibraltarian swimmer.

Career

Sanderson first competed for Gibraltar at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi where he finished 23rd in the 400 metre freestyle in 4:22.41, [1] 27th in the 100 metre butterfly in 1:01.42 [2] and 29th in the 200 metre freestyle in 2:02.18. [3]

At the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Dubai, Sanderson finished in 50th in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:15.03, [4] 63rd in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:58.12, [5] 75th in the 100 metre butterfly in 1:00.20, [6] 86th in the 50 metre butterfly in 27.38 [7] and 87th in the 100 metre freestyle in 54.35. [8]

At the 2011 Island Games in the Isle of Wight, Sanderson finished 5th in the 400 metre freestyle in 4:13.39. [9] 6th in the 100 metre butterfly in 59.46, [10] 7th in the heats of the 50 metre butterfly in 27.35 (only the top six progressed to the final) [11] and 8th in the heats of the 200 metre freestyle in 2:00.15. [12] In the freestyle relays, Sanderson with Colin Bensadon, Oliver Quick and Wesley Warwick finished 6th in the 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay in 1:40.66, [13] and with Bensadon, John Paul Llanelo and Quick finished 6th in the 4 × 100 relay in 3:41.83. [14] In the medley relays, Sanderson teamed up with Bensadon, Jordan Gonzalez and Quick. They finished 7th in the heats of the 4 × 50 metre medley relay in 1:52.79 [15] and finished 6th in the final of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay in 4:06.38. [16]

Two months later at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man, Sanderson finished 12th in the 50 metre butterfly in 26.63, [17] 13th in the 100 metre butterfly in 58.57, [18] 15th in the 50 metre freestyle in 24.84, [19] 16th in the 100 metre freestyle in 53.78 [20] and 16th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:56.39. [21]

At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, Sanderson finished 64th in the 100 metre butterfly in 58.15, [22] 73rd in the 50 metre butterfly in 26.31, [23] 90th in the 50 metre freestyle in 24.37, [24] 99th in the 100 metre freestyle in 53.93 [25] and with Bensadon, Quick and Michael Hitchcock finished 16th in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay in 8:04.92. [26]

At the 2013 Island Games in Bermuda, Sanderson set a national record in the heats of the 100 metre butterfly with his time of 57.16. [27] He went on to finish 7th in the final posting a slightly slower time of 57.28. [28] In other results, Sanderson finished 9th in the 50 metre freestyle in 24.24, [29] 8th in the 50 metre butterfly in 26.22 [30] and 11th in the 100 metre freestyle in 53.39. [31] In the relays, Sanderson with Bensadon, Llanelo and Quick finished 7th in the 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay in 1:40.39 [32] and with Bensadon, Hitchcock and Quick finished 7th in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in 3:40.12. [33] In the medley, Sanderson, Bensadon, Gonzalez and Quick together finished 6th in both the 4 × 50 and the 4 × 100 metre medley relays with times of 1:49.65 [34] and 4:02.00 [35] respectively.

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