Asenathi Jim (born 26 January 1992 in
Cape Town
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) is a South African sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (
470
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) class.
He represented
South Africa
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, along with his personal coach and partner
Roger Hudson, at the
2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for RaceAhead Yacht Club.
Netherlands
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Jim qualified for the South African squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
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by having achieved a berth and finishing thirty-second from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[ Teaming up with his personal coach and partner Hudson in the opening series, the South African duo were left trailing in the penultimate position out of twenty-seven boats after ten races with an accumulated net score of 194 points.]
References
External links
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NBC 2012 Olympics profile
1992 births
Living people
South African male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for South Africa
Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470
Sportspeople from Cape Town
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