Melissa Corfe | |
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Rayuwa | |
Haihuwa | Durban, 20 ga Janairu, 1986 (38 shekaru) |
ƙasa | Afirka ta kudu |
Karatu | |
Harsuna | Turanci |
Sana'a | |
Sana'a | swimmer (en) |
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Melissa Jane Corfe (an haife ta a ranar 20 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 1986) 'yar wasan ruwa ce ta Afirka ta Kudu, wacce ta kware a cikin abubuwan da suka faru a cikin 'yanci da kuma abubuwan da suka shafi baya.[1] Ita ce zakara ta Afirka ta Kudu sau da yawa kuma mai riƙe da rikodin abubuwan da ta faru. Corfe ta wakilci kasar ta Afirka ta Kudu a wasannin Olympics na bazara na shekara ta 2008, kuma ta lashe lambobin yabo guda biyar, ciki har da zinare uku a tseren mata (100, 200, da 400 m), a Wasannin Afirka na 2007 a Algiers, Aljeriya. Ta kuma kafa rikodin kasa guda biyu (duka tsawo da gajeren lokaci), a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar yin iyo ta Afirka ta Kudu, a cikin freestyle da medley relays, a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta FINA ta 2008 a Manchester, Ingila.
Corfe ta fafata a Afirka ta Kudu a wasanni biyar na yin iyo a gasar Olympics ta 2008 a Beijing . Ta murkushe rikodin kasa guda uku kuma ta share FINA A-standards kowannensu a cikin 200 m freestyle (1:59.76), 400 m freest style (4:08.70), da 200 m backstroke (2:10.03) a Gasar Afirka ta Kudu watanni hudu da suka gabata a Johannesburg don tabbatar da zabin ta ga ƙungiyar wasan motsa jiki ta Olympics ta ƙasar.
A daren farko na wasannin, Corfe ya haɗu da Wendy Trott, Mandy Loots, da Katheryn Meaklim a cikin 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Yin iyo a kan gaba a cikin zafi biyu, Corfe ya rubuta saurin rabuwa na 55.93 seconds, amma Afirka ta Kudu ta huɗu dole ne su zauna a matsayi na ƙarshe daga cikin kasashe goma sha biyar da aka yi rajista tare da jimlar lokaci na 3:51.14 .[2] Kashegari da dare, a cikin 400 m freestyle, Corfe ya shiga cikin juyawa na mita 750 tare da yin iyo mai ban mamaki na huɗu a cikin na ƙarshe na zafi shida, amma ya ɓace a kan ƙalubalen tsere don karɓar wuri na shida da na goma sha bakwai gaba ɗaya a cikin 4:10.54.[3]
A daren na uku na prelims, Corfe ya kasa karya shingen minti biyu a cikin 200 m freestyle. Ta yi hasara a cikin tseren kusa da Paulina Barzycka na Poland wanda ya kasance na huɗu da kashi uku na biyu (0.03), ya sauka zuwa matsayi na shida da na talatin da uku gabaɗaya a cikin 2:00.95. [4] A cikin taron ta na uku kuma na karshe, 200 m backstroke, Corfe ta tashi zuwa matsayi na bakwai a cikin zafi huɗu tare da 2:12.64, kawai sakan shida a bayan mai kare gasar Olympics Kirsty Coventry na makwabciyar Zimbabwe, tare da raba matsayi na ashirin da biyu tare da Kateryna Zubkova ta Ukraine a cikin prelims.[5]
A ranar karshe ta farko, Corfe ta sake haɗuwa da abokan aikinta na Afirka ta Kudu Loots, Suzaan van Biljon, da Lize-Mari Retief a cikin 4 × 100 m medley relay. Yin iyo a kafa na baya, Corfe ya buga rabuwa na 1:02.62 don ba da ƙwararrun Afirka ta Kudu matsayi na goma sha biyu gaba ɗaya a cikin prelims tare da jimlar lokacin 4:04.20.[6]