Biography
18-year-old Jacob will be representing New Zealand in Swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games. He attends Rangitoto College and is a member of the North Shore Swimming Club. Jacob started competing when he was age seven and says that his sporting highlight so far is setting the New Zealand age-group record for the 200m Breaststroke at 16.
athlete
Fast facts
- Sport
- Swimming
- Birth place
- New Plymouth
- Born
- 1996
- Height
- 176cm
Olympic Summer Youth GamesNanjing 2014
Swimming(4 x 100m Medley Relay - Mixed )
- Performance: 4:03.52
- Result: 6
- Placed: 15 of 20
Swimming(100m Breaststroke - Men)
- Placed: 30 of 37
Swimming(200m Breaststroke - Men)
- Performance: 2:18.00
- Result: 5
- Placed: 15 of 23
Swimming(50m Breaststroke - Men)
- Placed: 21 of 38
Swimming(4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Mixed )
- Performance: 3:54.38
- Result: 7
- Placed: 18 of 19