Jennifer Knobbs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jennifer Knobbs

British-Canadian synchronized swimmer

Date of Birth: 19-May-1989

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Canada, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Jennifer Knobbs

  • Jennifer Knobbs (born 19 May 1989) is a British-Canadian competitor in synchronized swimming who represented Great Britain in the team event at the 2012 London Olympics.Knobbs' father was born in Stafford, England and was a ballet dancer and a member of the Ballet Rambert aged nine.
  • He later became of member of the National Ballet of Canada having emigrated to the country aged 17.
  • Jennifer began synchronized swimming aged seven.
  • At the age of 14 she won her first National Championships in the Figure and Solo events.
  • She was a member of the Canadian team for 5 years before leaving in 2009 after winning the Canadian National Championships in the Solo and Duet event categories..
  • In 2009, Jennifer joined the British Synchronized Swimming Team and was later named to the 2012 London Team GB Olympic Team in May 2011.
  • Team GB had an incredible performance placing sixth at the Olympic Games.
  • "From the time she was nine years old — two years after she began synchronized swimming — Knobbs had been saying one day she would be an Olympian" .
  • Jennifer retired to pursue a career in sports and graduated from Humber College in April 2016 with the Academic Award of Excellence in Sports Management.
  • In 2017, Jennifer competed at the 17th FINA World Masters Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
  • She claimed the World Masters Title by winning the 25-29 Solo Event by over 5 points.

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