Joyce Tafatatha

Joyce Tafatatha
Personal information
Born (1998-04-18) April 18, 1998 (age 28)
Sport
SportSwimming

Joyce Feith Tafatatha (born April 18, 1998) is a Malawian athlete who specializes in swimming. She participated in the London 2012 Olympics 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 Netherlands 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 Blantyre. 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 later moved to the Netherlands to advance her swimming career.[citation needed]

Events

Cana Zone IV Swimming

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

2012 Olympics

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

References

  1. ↑ Joyce Tafatatha - Swimming - Olympic Athlete | London 2012 Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Malawi's Joyce Tafatatha trains at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 26, 2012, in London. Opening ceremonies for the 20...
  3. ↑ "Malawi Olympic team gets into action Friday". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
  4. ↑ Malawi Aquatic Union – National Records Archived 2015-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Malawi’s Tafatatha wins in 50m swimming at London Olympics | Nyasa Times Malawi breaking news in Malawi Deprecated link archived 2013-01-30 at archive.today
  6. ↑ "Malawi's Tafatatha wins in 50m swimming at London Olympics". www.nyasatimes.com. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
  7. ↑ Nation Online – Tafatatha wins 2 Cana golds
  8. ↑ "Young Olympians from Malawi and Seychelles Make Splash – Sonny Side of Sports". Archived from the original on August 4, 2012.