Chisela Kanchela (4 June 1987 – 6 November 2016) was a Zambian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He currently[when?] holds numerous Zambian age group records in all breaststroke distances (50, 100, and 200 m), and is trained for the All Saints' College swimming team in Perth, Western Australia ever since he first appeared at the Olympics.[2] Kanchela also competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006, but failed to reach the top 16 final.[3]
Kanchela qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:08.75.[4] He participated in heat one against three other swimmers Eric Williams of Nigeria, Amar Shah of Kenya, and Alice Shrestha of Nepal. He raced to second place by a 2.26-second margin behind Williams in 1:09.95. Kanchela failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-seventh overall out of 60 swimmers on the first day of preliminaries.[5][6]
Kanchela worked as a swimming coach for the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka, an initiative which aims to develop over 2,000 underprivileged children to swim for a greater cause.[7][8] Kanchela died 6 November 2016 from a diabetic attack.[9]
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chisela, kanchela, june, 1987, november, 2016, zambian, swimmer, specialized, breaststroke, events, currently, when, holds, numerous, zambian, group, records, breaststroke, distances, trained, saints, college, swimming, team, perth, western, australia, ever, s. Chisela Kanchela 4 June 1987 6 November 2016 was a Zambian swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events 1 He currently when holds numerous Zambian age group records in all breaststroke distances 50 100 and 200 m and is trained for the All Saints College swimming team in Perth Western Australia ever since he first appeared at the Olympics 2 Kanchela also competed at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006 but failed to reach the top 16 final 3 Chisela KanchelaPersonal informationFull nameChisela KanchelaNational team ZambiaBorn4 June 1987Ndola ZambiaDied6 November 2016 aged 29 Dubai United Arab EmiratesHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Weight70 kg 154 lb SportSportSwimmingStrokesBreaststrokeClubCity of Perth AUS College teamAll Saints College Perth AUS Kanchela qualified for the men s 100 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1 08 75 4 He participated in heat one against three other swimmers Eric Williams of Nigeria Amar Shah of Kenya and Alice Shrestha of Nepal He raced to second place by a 2 26 second margin behind Williams in 1 09 95 Kanchela failed to advance into the semifinals as he placed fifty seventh overall out of 60 swimmers on the first day of preliminaries 5 6 Kanchela worked as a swimming coach for the Olympic Youth Development Centre in Lusaka an initiative which aims to develop over 2 000 underprivileged children to swim for a greater cause 7 8 Kanchela died 6 November 2016 from a diabetic attack 9 References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Chisela Kanchela Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 7 May 2013 Nambule Wendy 14 August 2004 Zambia Swimmer Kanchela Mints Gold in Australia The Post Zambia AllAfrica com Retrieved 7 May 2013 Biography Kanchela Chisela Melbourne 2006 Archived from the original on 9 November 2013 Retrieved 7 May 2013 Swimming Men s 100m Breaststroke Startlist Heat 1 Athens 2004 Omega Timing Retrieved 24 March 2013 Men s 100m Breaststroke Heat 1 Athens 2004 BBC Sport 14 August 2004 Retrieved 31 January 2013 Whitten Phillip 14 August 2004 Prelims Men s 100 Breaststroke Kitajima Hansen Qualify One Two Japanese Sets Olympic Record Swimming World Magazine Archived from the original on 3 December 2013 Retrieved 19 April 2013 OYDC produces Paul the refined swimmer Zambia Daily Mail 18 April 2013 Retrieved 7 May 2013 Phiri Prudence 7 April 2013 OYDC launches swim lessons for disadvantaged children The Post Zambia Archived from the original on 11 November 2016 Retrieved 7 May 2013 Tributes paid after popular Dubai swim coach s sudden death Archived from the original on 15 November 2016 Retrieved 15 November 2016 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Zambian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chisela Kanchela amp oldid 1171213088, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
