Nina Sandrine Jazy (born 25 November 2005) is a German competitive swimmer. She won the gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle and a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships.
Background Jazy was born 25 November 2005 in Recklinghausen, Germany, and competes as part of the SG Essen swim club."Nina Jazy". FINA. Retrieved 20 October 2022. She formerly competed for SG Dortmund.Börger, Jochen (28 September 2021). "Jazy fischt bei der Kurzbahn-DM gleich drei Medaillen ab" (in German). recklinghaeuser-zeitung.de. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
Career 2021–2022 At the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in July in Rome, Italy, Jazy competed in four events, placing eighth in the 50-metre freestyle, 24th in the 100-metre freestyle, sixth in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, and sixth in the 4×100-metre mixed freestyle relay.LEN (12 July 2021). "LEN European Junior Swimming Championships Rome - Italy: Complete Results". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 10 August 2022. In September, she won three medals at the 2021 German Short Course National Championships in Wuppertal when she was 15 years old, including a silver medal in the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 24.84 seconds. In April the following year, she was named to Team Germany for the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, held in July in Otopeni, Romania."DSV Beruft Die Ersten 19 Schwimmer*Innen Ins JEM-Team" (in German). German Swimming Federation. 28 April 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022. Two months later, she won the gold medal and national title in the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 25.23 seconds at the German Championships."Nina Sandrine Jazy schwimmt über 50 Meter Freistil zum DM-Sieg" (in German). WDR. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.Hantel, Rolf (26 June 2022). "Nina Jazy von der SG Essen sorgt bei DM für Überraschung" (in German). Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 10 August 2022. Two days earlier, she achieved a personal best time of 55.62 seconds for the 100-metre freestyle, swimming the time on the lead-off leg of the 4×100-metre freestyle relay."Result details JAZY, Nina Sandrine: German Championships 100m Freestyle". swimrankings.net. 23 June 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
2022 European Junior Championships
As a 16-year-old at the 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships, Jazy won her first medal on the first day of competition, anchoring the 4×100-metre freestyle relay to a bronze medal-win in 3:45.63 with a split time of 54.65 seconds.LEN (10 July 2022). "Romania 2022: LEN European Junior Swimming Championships: Complete Results Book". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 10 August 2022."Gold Bei Der JEM: Nina Sandrina Jazy Ist Schnellste Europäerin Über 50m Freistil" (in German). German Swimming Federation. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022."JEM Titel für Jazy" (in German). SG Essen. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022. The second medal she won was a gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle, where she finished first with a personal best time of 25.22 seconds.Steyski, Michael (8 July 2022). "Recklinghäuserin Nina Sandrine Jazy legt bei Junioren-EM grandiosen Auftritt hin" (in German). recklinghaeuser-zeitung.de. Retrieved 10 August 2022. Her time was less than two-tenths of a second faster than silver medallist Bianca Costea of Romania and bronze medallist Sara Curtis of Italy.Vasile, Mirabela (7 July 2022). "Noi medalii obținute de România la CE de la Otopeni. Vlad Stancu, aur la 1.500 m liber, Bianca Costea, argint în proba de 50 m liber" (in Romanian). Euronews. Retrieved 10 August 2022. In her other events, she placed sixth in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, leading off the finals relay with a 2:08.20, and placed thirteenth in the 100-metre freestyle with a time of 56.76 seconds.
In the autumn following the Championships, Jazy competed at the 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup in October in Berlin, placing seventeenth in the 100-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 54.44 seconds, which was 0.97 seconds faster than her former personal best time of 55.41 seconds.FINA (23 October 2022). "FINA Swimming World Cup 2022 Berlin (GER): Women's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 October 2022. The following month, and before her seventeenth birthday on the twenty-fifth, she set a German junior record in the 50-metre freestyle at the 2022 German Short Course Championships, winning the silver medal with her time of 24.53 seconds.Race, Retta (21 November 2022). "Le Clos Snags Two Additional Golds To Close Out German SC Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 February 2023. She also lowered her personal best time in the 100-metre freestyle by 0.60 seconds with a time of 53.84 seconds for the silver medal."Result details JAZY, Nina Sandrine: Deutsche Kurzbahnmeisterschaften 100m Freestyle". swimrankings.net. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
2023 In early February 2023, at the German Team Championships conducted in short course metres in Essen, 17-year-old Jazy lowered her German junior record in the 50-metre freestyle with a personal best time of 24.50 seconds.Race, Retta (6 February 2023). "Chad Le Clos, Coleman Stewart Race At German Team Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 February 2023.Hantel, Rolf (10 February 2023). "SG Essen: Einzelne Glanzlichter, aber Sieger ist das Team" (in German). Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 20 February 2023. In early March, World Aquatics increased its age cut-off for female junior swimmers from 17 to 18 years of age at the end of the year, making her age-eligible for world junior records through the end of the 2023 year and the 2023 World Junior Swimming Championships."World Aquatics: Competition Regulations" . World Aquatics. 3 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
International championships (50 m) Meet50 free100 free4×100 free4×200 free4×100 mixed free EJC 2021 8th 24th 6th 6th EJC 2022 13th 6th
Personal best times Long course metres (50 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref 50 m freestyle 25.22 2022 European Junior Swimming Championships Otopeni, Romania 7 July 2022 16 100 m freestyle 55.62 r 2022 German Championships Berlin 23 June 2022 16 Legend: r – relay 1st leg
Short course metres (25 m pool) Event Time Meet Location Date Age Ref 50 m freestyle 24.50 2022 German Team Championships Essen 4 February 2023 17 100 m freestyle 53.84 2022 German Short Course Championships Wuppertal 17 November 2022 16
Awards and honours Sparkasse Essen, Essen Newcomer of the Year: 2022"Sparkasse Essen: Nina Jazz wird zur Newcomerin des Jahres gewählt" (in German). SG Essen. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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