Xander Skinner

Xander Skinner

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Suelter Skinner
Born	(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 27)
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
College team	McKendree Bearcats [1]

Xander Skinner (born 18 March 1998) is a Namibian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. ^{[2] [3]} He is a graduate of SPIRE Institute and Academy, an Olympic training center in Geneva, Ohio. ^[4]

At the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships, Skinner won the bronze medal in the 100 metre freestyle with a Namibian record time of 50.43 seconds. ^[5]

Major results

Individual

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2015	World Championships [6]	Kazan, Russia	86th (h)	100 m freestyle	54.05
			75th (h)	200 m freestyle	2:01.01
2016	African Championships [7]	Bloemfontein, South Africa	5th	50 m freestyle	23.58
			6th	100 m freestyle	51.54
			6th	100 m backstroke	1:01.51
			8th	50 m butterfly	26.87
2017	World Championships [8]	Budapest, Hungary	56th (h)	100 m freestyle	51.00
			60th (h)	200 m freestyle	1:54.99
2019	World Championships [9]	Gwangju, South Korea	51st (h)	50 m freestyle	23.04 NR
			53rd (h)	100 m freestyle	50.44 NR
	African Games [10]	Casablanca, Morocco	5th	50 m freestyle	23.09
			5th	100 m freestyle	50.53
			8th	200 m freestyle	1:55.10
			9th (h)	100 m backstroke	59.28
			18th (h)	50 m butterfly	26.10
			21st (h)	100 m butterfly	59.09
2022	Commonwealth Games [11]	Birmingham, Great Britain	15th (sf)	100 m freestyle	50.06 NR

Short course

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2016	World Championships [12]	Windsor, Canada	57th (h)	50 m freestyle	23.05 NR
			64th (h)	100 m freestyle	49.77 NR
			80th (h)	200 m freestyle	1:53.47 NR
			75th (h)	50 m butterfly	25.97 NR
2021	World Championships [13]	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	31st (h)	100 m freestyle	48.40 NR
			35th (h)	200 m freestyle	1:47.66 NR

Relay

Long course

Year	Competition	Venue	Team	Position	Event	Notes
Representing   Namibia
2016	African Championships [7]	Bloemfontein, South Africa	Skinner / Roth / Schatz / Seidler	4th	4 × 100 m mixed medley	4:28.35 NR

References

1. "Namibian National Record Holder Xander Skinner Signs with McKendree University". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
2. "Heats results". FINA. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
3. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
4. "Namibian National Record Holder Xander Skinner Signs with McKendree University". Swimming World News. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
5. SwimSA TV (8 April 2022). "National Aquatics Championships 2022 Day 3". YouTube . Retrieved 8 April 2022.
6. "16th FINA World Championships Kazan (RUS) - Full Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
7. "12th African Swimming Champs 2016 results". swimsa.org. Archived from the original on 15 May 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
8. "16th 17th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN) - Full Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
9. "18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR) - Full Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
10. "12th SWIMMING AFRICAN GAMESCASABLANCA - Full Results" (PDF). Royal Moroccan Swimming Federation . 24 August 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
11. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games - 100 metre freestyle semi finals result summary" (PDF). microplustimingservices.com. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
12. "13th FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (25m) Windsor (CAN) - Full Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. 11 December 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
13. "15th FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (25m) Abu Dhabi (UAE) - Full Results" (PDF). omegatiming.com. pp. 251, 374. Retrieved 7 August 2022.

External links

• McKendree Bearcats bio
• 2019 African Games bio Archived 21 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine