About Jakie Wellman
Born 1988. Jakie Wellman is a Zambian swimmer.
Jakie Kim Wellman (also Matana Wellman, born July 22, 1988) is a Zambian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She is a high school graduate of Kelly College in Devon, England, and a member of the swimming team for the Missouri State Bears, while attending the Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, United States.
Wellman qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, as a 16-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 28.39. Swimming in heat four, she raced to fourth place by 0.13 of a second behind Aruba's Roshendra Vrolijk in 28.56. Wellman failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fiftieth overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries.
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Who is Jakie Wellman?
Zambian swimmer
When was Jakie Wellman born?
Jakie Wellman was born on 22 July 1988 in Lusaka.
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Jakie Wellman is a swimmer.
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Jakie Wellman is Zambian.
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