Lowth swam for Cormorant Swimming Club who are based in Dublin. His head coach was Therese Beegan. He is known best as a great butterfly swimmer but was also a very capable freestyle swimmer. His best event was the 200m Butterfly in which he broke many Irish Records and qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in.[1]
Records
During his swimming career he broke many Irish records in butterfly, and was known as the best 200m butterfly swimmer of his generation. His short course 200m butterfly record of 2.00.33 stood for a very long time until Donal O'Neill broke it in 2003 with a time of 1.59.70. His long course 200m Butterfly time at Junior Level has never been beaten.
Irish Junior 200m Butterfly Record (Long Course) - 2.04.01
Irish Senior 200m Butterfly Record (Long Course) - 2.01.96
Sydney 2000 Olympics
Lowth studied business in Trinity College from 1996-2000. While in his final year in college, he quailifed for the Sydney 2000 Olympics on the 200m Butterfly. His time of 2.03.91 was disappointing as it left him 8th and last in his heat and failed to qualify him for the semi-finals. Former Irish international swimmer Nick O' Hare was critical of Lowth's swim.[2] Lowth retired from swimming after the Olympics.
References
^Sporting Life - Olympics 2000 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
^BBC SPORT | NORTHERN IRELAND | Irish struggle in Sydney
January 20, 2023
colin, lowth, born, october, 1977, drogheda, county, louth, former, irish, swimmer, represented, ireland, 2000, olympic, games, name, often, spelt, louth, also, contents, swimming, career, records, sydney, 2000, olympics, referencesswimming, career, editlowth,. Colin Lowth born October 5 1977 in Drogheda County Louth is a former Irish swimmer who represented Ireland at the 2000 Olympic Games His name is often spelt Louth also Contents 1 Swimming career 2 Records 3 Sydney 2000 Olympics 4 ReferencesSwimming career EditLowth swam for Cormorant Swimming Club who are based in Dublin His head coach was Therese Beegan He is known best as a great butterfly swimmer but was also a very capable freestyle swimmer His best event was the 200m Butterfly in which he broke many Irish Records and qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in 1 Records EditDuring his swimming career he broke many Irish records in butterfly and was known as the best 200m butterfly swimmer of his generation His short course 200m butterfly record of 2 00 33 stood for a very long time until Donal O Neill broke it in 2003 with a time of 1 59 70 His long course 200m Butterfly time at Junior Level has never been beaten Irish Junior 200m Butterfly Record Long Course 2 04 01 Irish Senior 200m Butterfly Record Long Course 2 01 96Sydney 2000 Olympics EditLowth studied business in Trinity College from 1996 2000 While in his final year in college he quailifed for the Sydney 2000 Olympics on the 200m Butterfly His time of 2 03 91 was disappointing as it left him 8th and last in his heat and failed to qualify him for the semi finals Former Irish international swimmer Nick O Hare was critical of Lowth s swim 2 Lowth retired from swimming after the Olympics References EditProfile Sporting Life Olympics 2000 Archived 2011 06 05 at the Wayback Machine BBC SPORT NORTHERN IRELAND Irish struggle in Sydney Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Colin Lowth amp oldid 1101341180, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
