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Inspire

Are you Inspired

INSPIRING Females!!!

During the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, a formal exhibition will take place with the Hartlepool Art Gallery which will showcase and celebrate talented female athletes from Hartlepool. The aim of the project is to pass on their passion, dedication and love for sport through film and photography to inspire more females to partake in sport and physical activity.

Between the 7th July 2012 - 1st September 2012 Hartlepool Art Gallery will display images of rising stars, London 2012 hopefuls and past Olympians from the town. The exhibition will celebrate club/team sports as well as showcase items of memorabilia donated specifically to the INSPIRE exhibition. There will also be an opportunity to watch digital stories, short two minute films of what inspires people to participate and what motivates them to commit time and effort to the sport they love.

We will be previewing on this page, each of our athletes every few weeks to give a sample of what the exhibition entails. Watch here for further updates or contact sport.recreation@hartlepool.gov.uk for more information.

JEMMA LOWE IS INSPIRE BUT THE QUESTION IS ARE YOU!!!

Jemma Louise Lowe is an English University and international butterfly swimmer and British record holder.

Since a young age Jemma has had a real passion for swimming. In 2008 Lowe competed for Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Beijing in the 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly swimming events, as well as the 4x100-metre medley relay. She finished sixth in the 100 -metre final with a time of 58.06 and reached the semi-finals of the 200 -metre butterfly, coming ninth with a time of 2:07.87. She was also part of the women's 4x100 -metre medley relay that came fourth in a European record time of 3:57.50.

Lowe also competed in the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships, coming third in the 100-metre butterfly and women's 4x100-metre medley relay, as well as fourth in the 200-metre butterfly. She was also part of the women's 4x100-metre medley relay team that won the 2008 European Championships.

As Jemma's father is Welsh, she competed for Wales at the Dehli Commonwealth Games in 2010 where she won a bronze medal in the 100-metre butterfly.

Lowe holds the British records for 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly at both long and short course. She set her long course times at the British Championships (which acted as a qualifier for the Olympics), where she came first in the 200-metre butterfly and second in the 100-metre (she later equaled her 100-metre mark at Beijing). Her short course times for 100-metre and 200-metre butterfly were achieved at the World Short Course Championships and the Middlesbrough Open respectively.