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{{Short description|British swimmer (born 1990)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Jemma Lowe
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| full_name      = Jemma Louise Lowe
| national_team  = {{GBR2}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|3|31}}
| birth_place    = [[Hartlepool]], England
| height         = {{height|m=1.71}}<ref name="Glasgow 2014"/>
| weight         = {{convert|59|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]], [[Medley swimming|Individual medley]]
| club           = Swansea Intensive Training Centre
| collegeteam    = [[Florida Gators swimming and diving|University of Florida]] (US)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | Great Britain }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Championships - Short Course|World Championships – Short course]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2010 FINA Short Course World Championships|2010 Dubai]] | [[2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 butterfly]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|2008 Manchester]] | 100 butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | 2008 Manchester|4×100 medley}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2012 FINA Short Course World Championships|2012 Istanbul]] | [[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 butterfly]] }}
{{MedalBronze | 2012 Istanbul | [[2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200 butterfly]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[LEN European Aquatics Championships|European Championships – Long course]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 Eindhoven]] | 4×100 medley}}
{{MedalGold | [[2014 European Aquatics Championships|2014 Berlin]] | [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Mixed 4 x 100 metre medley relay|4x100 mix medley]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2014 European Aquatics Championships|2014 Berlin]] | [[Swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay|4x100 medley]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[European Short Course Swimming Championships|European Championships – Short course]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2011 Szczecin]] | 100 butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2011 Szczecin]] | 200 butterfly}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2013 Herning]] | 100 butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2008 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2008 Rijeka]] | 200 butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2013 European Short Course Swimming Championships|2013 Herning]] | 200 butterfly}}
{{MedalCountry | {{WAL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2010 Commonwealth Games|2010 Delhi]] | [[Swimming at the 2010 Commonwealth Games - Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 butterfly]]}}
}}

'''Jemma Louise Lowe''' (born 31 March 1990) is a former British international [[butterfly stroke|butterfly]] swimmer and [[List of British records in swimming|British record holder]].  She has competed for Wales in the [[Commonwealth Games]], and was a member of Great Britain's [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] and [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympic]] teams.

==Career history==
Lowe was born in [[Hartlepool, England|Hartlepool]], England, United Kingdom.<ref name=bsprofile>British Swimming, Profiles, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101153959/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/jemma-lowe/556/ Jemma Lowe]. Swimming.org, Retrieved 6 June 2011.</ref> Educated in Hartlepool, she attended High Tunstall College of Science followed by [[English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/teacher-praises-j-lo-dedication-1-4784468 |title=Teacher praises J-Lo dedication - Hartlepool Mail |access-date=31 July 2012 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235040/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/local/teacher-praises-j-lo-dedication-1-4784468 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

She accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the [[University of Florida]] in Gainesville, Florida, United States, where she swam for coach [[Gregg Troy]]'s [[Florida Gators swimming and diving]] team in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) competition in 2009 and 2010.  She won three [[Southeastern Conference]] individual championships in butterfly events, and received eight [[All-American]] honours in two college seasons.  After the 2010 college season, she returned to Britain, she then moved back to Wales to train at the Swansea Intensive Training Centre in Wales with coach Bud McAllister, mentor to the triple Olympic champion of 1988, [[Janet Evans]]. In 2013 Jemma decided to move her swimming training to Bath National Centre, in 2014 Jemma was part of the Mixed Medley relay with Adam Peaty, that broke the World Record for the first time for GB. In 2016 Jemma retired from her competitive swimming after representing GB for over 10 years.

Lowe competed for Great Britain at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing in two individual events, as well a British relay team.  She finished sixth in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly|100-metre butterfly]] final with a time of 58.06, and reached the semi-finals of the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200-metre butterfly]], coming ninth with a time of 2:07.87.  She was also a member of the British [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100-metre medley relay]] team that came fourth in a [[List of European records in swimming|European record]] time of 3:57.50.

Lowe, who at 14 was selected for the Smart Track squad of super talents formed by the then Britain Performance Director [[Bill Sweetenham]]. She also competed in the [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships]], coming third in the 100-metre butterfly and women's 4x100-metre medley relay, as well as fourth in the 200-metre butterfly.  She was also part of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay team that won the [[2008 European Aquatics Championships|2008 European Championships]] in a then [[List of European records in swimming|European record]].

As her father is Welsh, Lowe competes for [[Wales]] at the [[Commonwealth Games]] and won a bronze medal in the 100-metre butterfly in the [[2010 Commonwealth Games]] in Delhi.

At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, she competed for Great Britain.  She finished sixth in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly|200-metre butterfly]] final with a time of 2:06.80.  She was also a member of the eighth-place British team in the [[Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100-metre medley relay]].

Lowe held the [[List of British records in swimming|British records]] for 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly at both long and short course.  She set her long course times at the British Championships (which acted as a qualifier for the Olympics), where she came first in the 200-metre butterfly and second in the 100-metre (she later equalled her 100-metre mark at Beijing).  Her short course times for 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly were achieved at the [[2008 FINA Short Course World Championships|World Short Course Championships]] and the Middlesbrough Open respectively.

She competed at the [[2014 Commonwealth Games]].<ref name="Glasgow 2014">{{Cite web |url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1034221/jemma_lowe.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622233124/http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/swimming/1034221/jemma_lowe.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 June 2019 |title=Glasgow 2014 - Jemma Lowe Profile |website=g2014results.thecgf.com |access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref>

Jemma now helps athletes obtain sport scholarships at Universities in America with the team at  https://www.collegesportsamerica.com/.

==Personal bests and records held==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%"
|-

!Long course
!Short course
|-
|50&nbsp;m butterfly
|26.71 (2009)
|26.50 (2008)
|-
|100&nbsp;m butterfly
|57.43 (2008)
|56.32 (2013) 
|-
|200&nbsp;m butterfly
|2:05.36 (2011)
|2:03.19 (2012) <sup>'''[[List of British records in swimming|NR]]'''</sup>
|-
|200&nbsp;m individual medley
|2.19.86 (2007)
|2.15.34 (2007)
|-
|colspan="3"|<small>'''Record Key''' NR:British</small>
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Olympics}}
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of British records in swimming]]
* [[List of University of Florida Olympians]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Aquatics}}
* {{Swimrankings}}
* {{Olympics.com|jemma-lowe}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Team GB}}
* {{CGF profile}}
* {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile}}
* {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|swimming/1034221/j_lowe}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101153959/http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/swimming/womens-profiles/jemma-lowe/556/ Jemma Lowe – British Swimming athlete profile at Swimming.org]
* [https://archive.today/20130125011613/http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/women/bios.php?year=2009&player_id=68 Jemma Lowe – University of Florida athlete profile at GatorZone.com] (archived)

{{Footer European Champions 4x100m Medley Women}}
{{Footer European Champions 4×100m Medley Mixed|2014}}
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