Jannah Sunshine

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Jannah Sonnenschein (born April 24, 1996 in Kerkrade , Netherlands ) is a Dutch - Mozambican swimmer. Sonnenschein represented Mozambique at the 2016 Olympic Games in the 100 m butterfly discipline .

Life

Sonnenschein was born in Kerkrade in the Netherlands and moved to Mozambique with her family shortly after she was born . She spent most of her life there. She completed her school career at New Mexico State University . At a young age, Sonnenschein began to train at the Golfinhos de Maputo swimming club and achieved good results early on.

Sonnenschein has lived in Eindhoven since 2012 to train there for her swimming career with Eiffel Swimmers PSV . In 2014, Sonnenschein took part in the Commonwealth Games in Scotland . In 2014, Sonnenschein also took part in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing for the first time, where she was also the flag bearer of the Mozambican delegation. She reached a time of 1:03:50 min in the 100 m butterfly and thus reached a new Mozambican national record. She was also the first Mozambican swimmer to qualify for the Summer Youth Olympic Games.

Sonnenschein also qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and was part of Mozambique's six-person sports delegation . In her discipline of 100 m butterfly, Sonnenschein was eliminated in the preliminary round with a time of 1: 04.21 minutes and thus achieved the 38th (of 45) places.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jannah SONNENSCHEIN - Olympic Swimming | Mozambique. June 27, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Wat een toeval: 3 Olympic grannies in één flatgebouw. In: 1limburg.nl. August 4, 2016, accessed August 27, 2016 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ NMSU's Sonnenschein achieves Olympic dreams with Mozambique | Las Cruces Bulletin. In: Las Cruces Bulletin. July 29, 2016, accessed August 27, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b Jannah Sunshine nos Jogos Olímpicos de Juniores de Nanjing - Clube Naval de Maputo. (No longer available online.) Clube Naval - Golfinhos de Maputo, archived from the original on September 20, 2016 ; Retrieved August 27, 2016 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.clubenaval.co.mz
  5. ↑ Natação: Jannah Sonnenschein quebra recorde que dura há 20 anos em Moçambique. In: A Verdade. March 17, 2014, accessed August 27, 2016 (Portuguese).
  6. ↑ ABOLA.PT - Estreia nos Jogos Olímpicos com a nadadora Jannah Sunshine. (No longer available online.) In: abola.pt. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016 ; accessed on August 27, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abola.pt
personal data
SURNAME Sunshine, Jannah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch-Mozambican swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Kerkrade , Netherlands