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2012 African Swimming Championships
The 11th African Swimming Championships were held September 10–15, 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya Nairobi ( ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows throug .... Competition location was the Moi Aquatics Complex in Kasarani. Participating countries Countries which sent teams were: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Results Men Women Medal standings Final medal standings for the 2012 African Swimming Championships are: External links 2012 African Swimming Champs Results{dead link, date=June 2017 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes African Swimming Championships Swimming in Kenya 2012 in Kenyan sport 2012 in African sport International sports competitions hosted by Kenya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an elevation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reem Kaseem
Reem Kaseem (born 1 October 1995) is an Egyptian swimmer. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 .... Major results Individual Long course Open water swimming References External links * 1995 births Living people Egyptian female swimmers Female long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Egypt Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2015 African Games Place of birth missing (living people) African Games competitors for Egypt Mediterranean Games competitors for Egypt Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming 21st-century Egyptian women 21st-century Egyptian sportspeople Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Weber
Michelle Weber (born 28 September 1996) is a South African swimmer. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She finished 18th with a time of 1:59:05.0. In 2019, she competed in the women's 5 km and women's 10 km events at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. In the 5 km event she finished in 32nd place and in the 10 km event she finished in 31st place. In June 2021, she qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... On 24 August 2022, she broke the South African ladies' record for swimming across the English Channel, which she did in a time of 10 hours and 21 minutes, shaving 8 minutes off of the previous record, held by Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeineb Khalfalla
Zeineb or Zejneb is a Bosnian female given name, transliterated from the Arabic name Zaynab, and may refer to: *Zeineb Benzina Zeineb Benzina, whose full name is Zeïneb Benzina Ben Abdallah, born in Tunis, Tunisia, is an archeologist, and director of research at the Institut national du patrimoine (in English: National Heritage Institute) based in Tunis. She has authored ..., Tunisian archeologist {{given name Bosniak feminine given names Feminine given names tr:Zeynep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hossam Rowan
Hossam or Hussam or Hosam or Husam (; ar, حسام) is an Arabic/Semitic male given name and surname. It means the sharp sword or a cutting blade. In some traditions it translates to "sword of justice" or "sword that divides justice and injustice". Notable people with the name include: Given name *Hossam Abdelmoneim (born 1975), Egyptian football player *Hossam AlJabri, activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and Muslims *Hossam Mohammed Amin, Iraqi general under Saddam Hussein's government * Hossam Arafat (Egyptian football player) (born 1990), Egyptian footballer *Hossam Arafat (Palestinian politician) *Hossam Ashour, (born 1986), Egyptian footballer *Hossam El-Badry (born 1960), Egyptian football manager and former footballer *Hossam Bahgat (born c. 1978), Egyptian human rights activist and investigative journalist *Hossam Eisa, Egyptian politician and academic *Hussam Fawzi, Iraqi footballer *Hossam Ghaly (born 1981), Egyptian football midfielder *Hossam Habib (born 1980), Egypt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mai Atef Abdelfatta
Mai, or MAI, may refer to: Names * Mai (Chinese surname) * Mai (Vietnamese surname) * Mai (name) * Mai (singer), J-Pop singer * Iris Mai (born 1962), German chess master Places * Chiang Mai, largest city in northern Thailand * Ma-i, a pre-Hispanic Philippine state * Mai, Non Sung, Thailand Organisations * Manufacturers Association of Israel, an Israeli business organization * Marina Abramović Institute, a performance art organization * Market for Alternative Investment, a stock market for small/medium enterprises in Thailand * Montreal Arts Interculturels, a multidisciplinary cultural organization in Montreal, Canada * Moscow Aviation Institute, an engineering and aviation university in Russia * Motorsports Association of India, the FIA arm of Indian Motorsports Science and Technology * Machine augmented intelligence, use of technology to amplify and empower human thought and consciousness * Mean annual increment, a measure of the average growth per year a tree or stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadalla El Sayed (1920–2008), Sudanese cameraman
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Gadalla is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * (born 1980), Danish footballer * Moustafa Gadalla (born 1944), Egyptian civil engineer and Egyptologist * Shahinaz Gadalla, physician-scientist and cancer epidemiologist See also * Gadalla Gubara Gadalla Gubara (, 1920–2008) was a Sudanese cameraman, film producer, director and photographer. Over five decades, he produced more than 50 documentaries and three feature films. He was a pioneer of African cinema, having been a co-founder of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayrton Sweeney
Ayrton Sweeney (born 11 May 1993) is a South African pool swimmer and artistic swimmer. He competed in the men's 200 metre individual medley event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, he represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he and his partner Laura Strugnell compete at FINA World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: Swimming (sport), swimming, Diving (sport), diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run b ..., placing 13th in the preliminary round of the mixed duet free routine. References 1993 births Living people South African male swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) African Games medalists in swimming African Games silver medalists for South Africa Male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2015 African Games Swimm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Akram Abbas
Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the verb (''ḥameda'', "to thank or to praise"), non-past participle (). Lexicology As an Arabic name, it has its origins in a Quranic prophecy attributed to Jesus in the Quran which most Islamic scholars concede is about Muhammad. It also shares the same roots as Mahmud, Muhammad and Hamed. In its transliteration, the name has one of the highest number of spelling variations in the world. Though Islamic scholars attribute the name Ahmed to Muhammed, the verse itself is about a Messenger named Ahmed, whilst Muhammed was a Messenger-Prophet. Some Islamic traditions view the name Ahmad as another given name of Muhammad at birth by his mother, considered by Muslims to be the more esoteric name of Muhammad and central to understandin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
