Josiah Binnema (born 8 November 1997) is a Canadian

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Career

His first international appearance came at the

2015 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships The 5th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, were held on August 25–30, 2015, in Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about ...

, where he placed 18th in the 50m butterfly, 6th in the 4x100 metre medley relay, and 11th in the 100-m butterfly setting a new Junior Canadian Record of 53.86. He competed in the

2017 World Aquatics Championships The 17th FINA World Championships ( hu, 2017-es úszó-világbajnokság) were held in Budapest, Hungary from 14 to 30 July 2017.

, placing 37th in the Men's 50 metre butterfly, 34th in the Men's 100 metre butterfly and 12th in 4x100 metre medley relay. In the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

Binnema managed 12th in the Men’s 200

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, 9th in the Men’s 50 butterfly, 5th in the Men’s 100 butterfly final and 4th in the 4x100 medley relay. In

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for the

2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 9 to 14 August 2018. Qualifying criteria Unlike the World Championships and Olympic Games, nations can enter as many people as they like ...

Binnema swam four races. He swam the Men’s 200 metre backstroke placing 18th, the Men’s 100 metre butterfly where he placed 11th, and the 4x100 medley relay, in which the team placed 5th overall. Binnema’s best performance came in the 4x100 Mixed Medley relay, where he swam 51.56 seconds on the butterfly leg of the relay, which is the second fastest split in Canadian history. The 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Korea only saw one appearance from Binnema which was Men’s 100 metre butterfly where he placed 24th.Heats results
/ref> Later that month Binnema swam the Men’s 50 butterfly and Men’s 100 butterfly in the

2019 FINA Swimming World Cup The 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of seven three-day meets in seven different cities between August and November 2019. This edition was held in the long course (50 meter pool) format. Meets The 2019 World Cup consisted of the following ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Binnema, Josiah 1997 births Living people Canadian male butterfly swimmers Canadian male swimmers Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Swimmers from Edmonton Vancouver College alumni