James Peter Sanderson (born 29 June 1993) is a

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Career

Sanderson first competed for Gibraltar at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

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where he finished 23rd in the 400 metre freestyle in 4:22.41, 27th in the 100 metre butterfly in 1:01.42 and 29th in the 200 metre freestyle in 2:02.18. At the

2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 10th FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 15–19 December 2010. This swimming-only championships took place in the Dubai Sports Complex; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) ...

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, Sanderson finished in 50th in the

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in 2:15.03, 63rd in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:58.12, 75th in the 100 metre butterfly in 1:00.20, 86th in the 50 metre butterfly in 27.38 and 87th in the 100 metre freestyle in 54.35. At the

2011 Island Games The XIV Island Games (also known as the 2011 Natwest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) was a major international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 1 July 2011, in the Isle of Wight, England. A total of 2,306 athletes from 24 islands compe ...

in the

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, Sanderson finished 5th in the 400 metre freestyle in 4:13.39. 6th in the 100 metre butterfly in 59.46, 7th in the heats of the 50 metre butterfly in 27.35 (only the top six progressed to the final) and 8th in the heats of the 200 metre freestyle in 2:00.15. In the freestyle relays, Sanderson with Colin Bensadon, Oliver Quick and Wesley Warwick finished 6th in the 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay in 1:40.66, and with Bensadon, John Paul Llanelo and Quick finished 6th in the 4 × 100 relay in 3:41.83. In the medley relays, Sanderson teamed up with Bensadon,

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and Quick. They finished 7th in the heats of the 4 × 50 metre medley relay in 1:52.79 and finished 6th in the final of the 4 × 100 metre medley relay in 4:06.38. Two months later at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the

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, Sanderson finished 12th in the 50 metre butterfly in 26.63, 13th in the 100 metre butterfly in 58.57, 15th in the 50 metre freestyle in 24.84, 16th in the 100 metre freestyle in 53.78 and 16th in the 200 metre freestyle in 1:56.39. At the

2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 11th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) was held in Istanbul, Turkey on 12–16 December 2012. This swimming-only championships took place in the Sinan Erdem Dome; all events were swum in a 25-meter ( short-course) pool. The United St ...

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, Sanderson finished 64th in the 100 metre butterfly in 58.15, 73rd in the 50 metre butterfly in 26.31, 90th in the 50 metre freestyle in 24.37, 99th in the 100 metre freestyle in 53.93 and with Bensadon, Quick and

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finished 16th in the

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in 8:04.92. At the 2013 Island Games in

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, Sanderson set a national record in the heats of the 100 metre butterfly with his time of 57.16. He went on to finish 7th in the final posting a slightly slower time of 57.28. In other results, Sanderson finished 9th in the 50 metre freestyle in 24.24, 8th in the 50 metre butterfly in 26.22 and 11th in the 100 metre freestyle in 53.39. In the relays, Sanderson with Bensadon, Llanelo and Quick finished 7th in the 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay in 1:40.39 and with Bensadon, Hitchcock and Quick finished 7th in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in 3:40.12. In the medley, Sanderson, Bensadon, Gonzalez and Quick together finished 6th in both the 4 × 50 and the 4 × 100 metre medley relays with times of 1:49.65 and 4:02.00 respectively.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanderson, James 1993 births Living people Gibraltarian male swimmers Commonwealth Games swimmers for Gibraltar Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Gibraltar