Ronny Vencatachellum

Vencatachellum first competed for Mauritius at the 2005 African Junior Swimming Championships in Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill, Mauritius where competing in the boy's 15 - 16 years age group he won bronze in both the 50 metre backstroke in 29.93^[1] and in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:21.01.^[2] In other results, Vencatachellum finished 4th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:04.91,^[3] 4th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:21.69,^[4] 5th in the 400 metre individual medley in 5:10.81^[5] and 19th in the 50 metre freestyle in 30.38.^[6]

At the 2006 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Shanghai, Vencatachellum finished 25th in the 400 metre individual medley in 4:59.61,^[7] 26th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:18.44,^[8] 33rd in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:19.48,^[9] 39th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:02.38,^[10] 42nd in the 50 metre backstroke in 29.23,^[11] 46th in the 100 metre individual medley in 1:02.91^[12] and 79th in the 50 metre freestyle in 25.81.^[13]

At the 2008 African Swimming Championships in Johannesburg, Vencatachellum finished 7th in the 200 metre individual medley in 2:26.19,^[14] 8th in the 200 metre backstroke in 2:35.95,^[15] 8th in the 200 metre breaststroke in 32.86,^[16] 10th in the 50 metre backstroke in 29.72,^[17] 10th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:08.81^[18] and 17th in the 50 metre freestyle in 26.42.^[19]

At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Vencatachellum finished 92nd in the 50 metre backstroke in 29.18,^[20] 98th in the 100 metre backstroke in 1:04.11,^[21] equal 116th in the 50 metre breaststroke in 32.13,^[22] 118th in the 100 metre breaststroke in 1:10.36,^[23] equal 147th in the 50 metre freestyle in 25.55,^[24] 165th in the 100 metre freestyle in 56.00^[25] and was due compete but pulled out of the 200 metre backstroke.^[26] In the relays, Vencatachellum teamed up with Jean Hugues Gregoire, Mathieu Marquet and Jean Marie Froget to finish 36th in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.^[27] In the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, Vencatachellum with Hugues Gregoire, Froget and Kevin Cheung were disqualified.^[28]