Joyce Feith Tafatatha (born April 18, 1998) is a

Malawi Malawi (; or aláwi Tumbuka: ''Malaŵi''), officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeas ...

an athlete who specializes in swimming. She participated in the

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for Malawi in the women's 50 m freestyle swimming event. She currently holds a number of swimming records in Malawi. She recently moved to the

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to further her swimming career after a brilliant showing at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, in which she swam a Personal Best time of 27.74.

Personal life

She began competing competitively when she was a student at Saint Andrew's International High School in

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.http://www.swimwest.org/region/index.php?/news/content/pdf/12593 She swam for Liyani Swimming Club based at the Saint Andrew's International High School, she competed at a national and international level for Malawi, she holds many Malawi national records. She stunned all when she broke 6 national records in the Malawi National Swimming Championships at Bishop Mackenzie International School in March 2012. She recently moved to Netherlands to advance her swimming career.

Career

She began here swimming career at a young age and continued swimming competitively throughout high school. She held a number of Malawi national records.

Events

Cana Zone IV Swimming

She won four medals at the Cana Swimming Games. Including two Gold medals and a Silver Medal in swimming at the Cana Zone IV Swimming Championships -

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Olympics 2012

She was 14 when she competed in the 2012 games, making her and Aurelie Fanchette the two youngest competitors at the London 2012 games.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tafatatha, Joyce Malawian female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Malawi Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people 1998 births Alumni of Saint Andrews International High School Swimmers at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Malawi Swimmers at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Malawian female freestyle swimmers