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14 Facts About Jemma Lowe

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Jemma Lowe has competed for Wales in the Commonwealth Games, and was a member of Great Britain's 2008 and 2012 Olympic teams.

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Jemma Lowe accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where she swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association competition in 2009 and 2010.

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Jemma Lowe won three Southeastern Conference individual championships in butterfly events, and received eight All-American honours in two college seasons.

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In 2013 Jemma Lowe decided to move her swimming training to Bath National Centre, in 2014 Jemma Lowe was part of the Mixed Medley relay with Adam Peaty, that broke the World Record for the first time for GB.

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In 2016 Jemma Lowe retired from her competitive swimming after representing GB for over 10 years.

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Jemma Lowe competed for Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in two individual events, as well a British relay team.

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Jemma Lowe finished sixth in the 100-metre butterfly final with a time of 58.06, and reached the semi-finals of the 200-metre butterfly, coming ninth with a time of 2:07.87.

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8.

Jemma Lowe was a member of the British 4x100-metre medley relay team that came fourth in a European record time of 3:57.50.

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Jemma Lowe competed in the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships, coming third in the 100-metre butterfly and women's 4x100-metre medley relay, as well as fourth in the 200-metre butterfly.

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Jemma Lowe was part of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay team that won the 2008 European Championships in a then European record.

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Jemma Lowe finished sixth in the 200-metre butterfly final with a time of 2:06.80.

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Jemma Lowe was a member of the eighth-place British team in the 4x100-metre medley relay.

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Jemma Lowe held the British records for 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly at both long and short course.

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Jemma Lowe set her long course times at the British Championships, where she came first in the 200-metre butterfly and second in the 100-metre.