Asenathi Jim
{{short description|South African sailor}}
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| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa
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Asenathi Jim (born 26 January 1992 in Cape Town) is a South African sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.{{cite web |title=Jim Asenathi |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/jim-asenathi-1095732/ |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=1 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405195157/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/jim-asenathi-1095732/ |archivedate=5 April 2013}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ji/asenathi-jim-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065707/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ji/asenathi-jim-1.html|website=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Asenathi Jim |access-date=27 February 2018}} He represented South Africa, along with his personal coach and partner Roger Hudson, at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has trained throughout most of his sporting career for RaceAhead Yacht Club.{{cite news |first=David |last=Isaacson |title=Sailing into a dream - Asenathi's Olympic reality |url=http://www.sundayworld.co.za/sport/2012/06/25/sailing-into-a-dream---asenathi-s-olympic-reality |publisher=The Sunday Times |location=South Africa |date=25 June 2012 |access-date=1 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924111829/http://www.sundayworld.co.za/sport/2012/06/25/sailing-into-a-dream---asenathi-s-olympic-reality |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=Asenathi Jim at Olympics.com |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/asenathi-jim |access-date=1 September 2024 |website=Olympics.com}}
Career
Jim and Hudson first teamed up at the 2011 Delta Lloyd Regatta in Medemblik, the Netherlands.{{Cite web |title=My Road to Rio – Asenathi Jim and Roger Hudson |url=https://www.sail-world.com/Australia/My-Road-to-Rio-%E2%80%93-Asenathi-Jim-and-Roger-Hudson/-145361?source=google |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=www.sail-world.com}}
Jim qualified for the South African squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing thirty-second from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Herskovitz |title=Two men in a boat bridge South Africa race gap |url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/idCABRE85E09720120615 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060245/http://ca.reuters.com/article/idCABRE85E09720120615 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2016 |publisher=Reuters |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=1 July 2015}} Teaming up with his personal coach and partner Hudson in the opening series, the South African duo were finished in the penultimate position out of twenty-seven boats after ten races with an accumulated net score of 194 points.{{cite web |title=Men's 470 |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase=sam005910/doc=summary.html |work=London 2012 Olympics |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=27 November 2012 |archive-date=30 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530111345/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase%3Dsam005910/doc%3Dsummary.html |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=Olivier falls short in 800m semi |url=http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Olympics2012/Olivier-falls-short-in-800m-semi-20120807 |publisher=News24 |date=7 August 2012 |access-date=1 July 2015}} They were the only South African entry in any of the sailing events at the 2012 Olympics.
At the 2016 Olympics, Jim and Hudson finished in 20th position. They also won the inaugural African 470 Sailing Championships.{{Cite web |title=Counting down to Rio with Roger Hudson & Asenathi Jim |url=https://www.southerncharter.co.za/insights/counting-down-to-rio-with-roger-hudson-amp-asenathi-jim |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Southern Charter |language=en-US}}
In 2018, Jim was one of the coaches for the South African junior team for the Youth World Sailing Championships.{{Cite web |last=Berman |first=Alon |date=2018-05-23 |title=Olympians Jim and Marcia building the next generation |url=https://www.teamsa.co.za/olympians-jim-and-marcia-building-the-next-generation/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=TeamSA |language=en-ZA}}
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing|id=RSAAJ1|www=asenathi-jim}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|asenathi-jim}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- [http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=jim-asenathi-1095732/index.html NBC 2012 Olympics profile]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:South African male sailors (sport)
Category:Olympic sailors for South Africa
Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470
Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470
Category:Sportspeople from Cape Town
Category:21st-century South African sportsmen
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