Ronny Ashley Vencatachellum (born 15 January 1989) is a Mauritian

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

Career

Vencatachellum first competed for Mauritius at the 2005 African Junior Swimming Championships in Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius where competing in the boy's 15 - 16 years age group he won bronze in both the 50 metre backstroke in 29.93 and in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:21.01. In other results, Vencatachellum finished 4th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:04.91, 4th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:21.69, 5th in the 400 metre individual medley in 5:10.81 and 19th in the 50 metre freestyle in 30.38. At the

2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) The 8th FINA World Swimming Championships ( 25 m) swam April 5–9, 2006 at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, China Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities o ...

in Shanghai, Vencatachellum finished 25th in the 400 metre individual medley in 4:59.61, 26th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:18.44, 33rd in the

200 metre individual medley The 200-metre individual medley is a race in competitive swimming in which swimmers compete in all 4 strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) in one race, with each leg being 50 metres in length. The stroke order is different ...

in 2:19.48, 39th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:02.38, 42nd in the 50 metre backstroke in 29.23, 46th in the 100 metre individual medley in 1:02.91 and 79th in the 50 metre freestyle in 25.81. At the

2008 African Swimming Championships The 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from 1–7 December 2008. Participants Swimmers from 18 countriesA list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the articlJess ...

in Johannesburg, Vencatachellum finished 7th in the

in 2:26.19, 8th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:35.95, 8th in the 200 metre breaststroke in 32.86, 10th in the 50 metre backstroke in 29.72, 10th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:08.81 and 17th in the 50 metre freestyle in 26.42. At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Vencatachellum finished 92nd in the 50 metre backstroke in 29.18, 98th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:04.11, equal 116th in the 50 metre breaststroke in 32.13, 118th in the 100 metre breaststroke in 1:10.36, equal 147th in the 50 metre freestyle in 25.55, 165th in the

100 metre freestyle The 100 metre freestyle is often considered to be the highlight (Blue Ribbon event) of the sport of swimming, like 100 metres in the sport of Athletics. The first swimmer to break the one-minute barrier (long course) was Johnny Weissmuller, in 1 ...

in 56.00 and was due compete but pulled out of the 200 metre backstroke. In the relays, Vencatachellum teamed up with Jean Hugues Gregoire,

Mathieu Marquet Mathieu Gilles Marquet (born 11 January 1994) is a Mauritian swimmer. Career Marquet first competed for Mauritius at the 2009 World Championships in Rome, where he finished 79th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:29.91, 89th in the 400 metre f ...

and

Jean Marie Froget Jean Marie Emmanuel Froget (born 17 June 1993) is a Mauritian swimmer. Career Froget first competed for Mauritius at the 2009 World Championships in Rome where he finished 84th in the 400 metre freestyle in 4:26.48, 85th in the 200 metre indiv ...

to finish 36th in the

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. In the

4 × 100 metre medley relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest co ...

, Vencatachellum with Hugues Gregoire, Froget and

Kevin Cheung Kevin Cheung (born Cheung Ho Yan; 23 February 1990) is a Mauritian swimmer. Career Cheung first competed for Mauritius at the 2005 African Junior Swimming Championships in Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius where competing in the boy's 15 – 16 ...

were disqualified.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vencatachellum, Ronny 1989 births Living people Mauritian male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Male breaststroke swimmers Mauritian male freestyle swimmers Male medley swimmers Place of birth missing (living people)