Asenathi Jim Explained

Asenathi Jim
Fullname:Asenathi Jim
Nickname:Squirrel
Birth Date:26 January 1992
Birth Place:Cape Town, South Africa
Weight:650NaN0
Classes:Dinghy
Club:RaceAhead
Coach:Roger Hudson
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Asenathi Jim (born 26 January 1992 in Cape Town) is a South African sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] [2] He represented South Africa, along with his personal coach and partner Roger Hudson, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for RaceAhead Yacht Club.[1] [3] As of June 2015, Jim is ranked twentieth in the world for the two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, despite his remarkable triumphs at the 2014 Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, Netherlands.[4]

Jim qualified for the South African squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by having achieved a berth and finishing thirty-second from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[3] [5] Teaming up with his personal coach and partner Hudson in the opening series, the South African duo were left trailing in the penultimate position out of twenty-seven boats after ten races with an accumulated net score of 194 points.[6] [7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jim Asenathi . London 2012 Olympics . . 1 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130405195157/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/jim-asenathi-1095732/ . 5 April 2013.
  2. Web site: Asenathi Jim . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ji/asenathi-jim-1.html. sports-reference.com . dead . 18 April 2020 . 27 February 2018.
  3. News: David . Isaacson . Sailing into a dream - Asenathi's Olympic reality . . . 25 June 2012 . 1 July 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111829/http://www.sundayworld.co.za/sport/2012/06/25/sailing-into-a-dream---asenathi-s-olympic-reality . 24 September 2015 . dead.
  4. News: Enter Now for 2015 Delta Lloyd Regatta . . 20 February 2015 . 1 July 2015.
  5. News: Jon . Herskovitz . Two men in a boat bridge South Africa race gap . . 19 June 2012 . 1 July 2015.
  6. Web site: Men's 470 . London 2012 Olympics . . 27 November 2012 . 30 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130530111345/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase%3Dsam005910/doc%3Dsummary.html . dead.
  7. News: Olivier falls short in 800m semi . . 7 August 2012 . 1 July 2015.