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List Of African Games Medalists In Swimming (women)
This is the complete list of women's African Games medalists in Swimming (sport), swimming from 1973 to 2019. Before 2015 it was known as the All-Africa Games. Events 50m Freestyle 100m Freestyle 200m Freestyle 400m Freestyle 800m Freestyle 1500m Freestyle 50m Backstroke 100m Backstroke 200m Backstroke 50m Breastroke 100m Breastroke 200m Breastroke 50m Butterfly 100m Butterfly 200m Butterfly 200 m Individual Medley 400 m Individual Medley 4x100 m Freestyle Relay 4x200 m Freestyle Relay 4x100 m Medley Relay References {{DEFAULTSORT:African Games Swimming at the African Games, medalists Lists of swimming medalists African Games medalists in swimming, * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Games
The African Games, formally known as the All-Africa Games or the Pan African Games, are a continental multi-sport event held every four years, organized by the African Union (AU) with the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) and the Association of African Sports Confederations (AASC). All of the competing nations are from the African continent. The first Games were held in 1965 in Brazzaville, Congo. The International Olympic Committee granted official recognition as a continental multi-sport event, along with the Asian Games and Pan American Games. Since 1999, the Games have also included athletes with a disability. The Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) was the organisation body for the game. On 26 July 2013, the Extraordinary Assembly of the Supreme Council for Sports held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast that was held on the sidelines of the 5th Session of the African Union Conference of Sports Ministers that started on 22 July 2013 recommended the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heather Brand
Heather Brand (born 17 November 1982) is a Zimbabwean swimmer, who specialised in freestyle and butterfly events. Brand had claimed a total of five medals (three silver and two bronze) at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and eventually represented her nation Zimbabwe in the 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Apart from her medal treasury, Brand also established five long and short-course national records in all butterfly events at a major international competition, spanning three editions of the World Championships. Brand competed for Zimbabwe in the women's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She scored a solid Zimbabwean record of 1:00.61 to capture the 100 m butterfly crown and slide under the FINA B-cut (1:01.43) by nearly a full second at the All-Africa Games one year earlier. Swimming on the outside in heat three, Brand wound up last in a disappointing 1:01.39 to round out the eight-female pack, over two seconds behind the lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nesrine Sayed
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Faten Afifi
Faten is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Faten al Murr, also known as Fatin al-Murr, (Arabic: فاتن المرّ) (born 1969), Lebanese academic and writer * Faten Hamama (born 1932), Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre * Faten Mahmoud, Minister of State for Women's Affairs in the cabinet of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki *Faten Yahiaoui (born 1985), Tunisian team handball player * Faten Zahran Mohammed (born 1955), Egyptian biochemist and environmental biologist, Cancer Biologist and Toxicologist See also * Fadden (other) * Faethon * Faeton *Fate * Fatema * Fatenah * Fat Hen (other) * Fatima (other) * Fatine *Fat Man (other) *Patton (other) George S. Patton (1885–1945) was a U.S. Army general during World War II. Patton may also refer to: Places United States * Patton, Alabama, a former unincorporated community *Patton, California, an unincorporated community *Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Chelius
Emma Chelius (born 2 August 1996) is a South African swimmer. Biography She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. A month later, she competed at the Summer Universiade held in Taipei and qualified for the semi-final of the Women's 50m freestyle, where she finishe14th overall Finishing 33rd in the 100m freestyle and 24th in the 50m butterfly, Chelius returned to Stellenbosch to finish her final year of studies. In 2018, Chelius competed at the Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia. Chelius qualified for the semi-finals in 3 events, the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle and the 50m butterfly. In the 50m freestyle semi-final, Emma swam an identical time to the Cyprus swimmer for 10th place. This resulted in a swim-off for the second reserve, which Emma won in 25.5, a time that would have initially qualified for the final. In 2019, she represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. In April 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of South African Records In Swimming
The South African records in swimming in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing South Africa. These records are kept/maintained by South Africa's national swimming federation: Swimming South Africa (SSA). Records are recognized for long course (50m) and short course (25m) events: * freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500; *backstroke: 50, 100 and 200; *breaststroke: 50, 100 and 200; *butterfly: 50, 100 and 200; *individual medley: 100 (25m only), 200 and 400; All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. Long Course (50 m) Men Women Mixed relay Short Course (25 m) Men Women Mixed relay Notes References ;GeneralSouth African Long Course Records''23 June 2023 updated''South African Short Course Records''27 June 2023 updated'' ;Specific External links SSA web site {{Records in swimming South Africa Records Swimmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The African Games
Swimming (sport), Swimming has been part of African Games since its 1965 All-Africa Games, inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions. Editions Games records All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool. Men Women Mixed relay See also * List of African Games medalists in swimming * List of African Games medalists in swimming (women) References {{Records in swimming Swimming at the African Games, Sports at the African Games Swimming at multi-sport events, All-Africa Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erin Gallagher
Erin Gallagher (born 18 December 1998) is a South African swimmer. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. In 2019, she represented South Africa at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco. She competed in the women's 100 metre freestyle, the women's 100 metre butterfly, the women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay, and the women's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics. For the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, Gallagher was named to the South Africa roster in the 100 metre freestyle based on her performances at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships."Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowan El Badry
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Swimming At The All-Africa Games
Swimming (sport), Swimming has been part of African Games since its 1965 All-Africa Games, inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions. Editions Games records All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise. All times are swum in a long-course (50m) pool. Men Women Mixed relay See also * List of African Games medalists in swimming * List of African Games medalists in swimming (women) References {{Records in swimming Swimming at the African Games, Sports at the African Games Swimming at multi-sport events, All-Africa Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farida Osman
Farida Hisham Osman ( ar, فريدة هشام عثمان; born 18 January 1995) is an Egyptian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. An All-Africa Games gold medalist and Egyptian national champion and record-holder. Osman is the fastest female swimmer in Egypt and Africa, she is currently coached by Teri McKeever. Osman holds the senior national records for all the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke events, as well as African records in the 50m and 100m butterfly. Early life Daughter to dentists Hisham Osman and Randa Elsalawy, Osman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1995, and raised in Cairo, Egypt. She started swimming at the age of five at the Gezira Sporting Club with her brother Ahmed. Osman started at the Oasis French School in Cairo but then transitioned to the French Embassy's Lycée Français du Caire. She studied at the Cairo American College. Career Osman took a break from swimming to pursue her synchronized swimming passion. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzaan Van Biljon
Suzaan van Biljon (born 26 April 1988 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is an Olympic-swimmer from South Africa. She swam for South Africa at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and as of June 2009 holds both African and South African records. She holds the African record for the long course 200 m breaststroke, set at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the short course records in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke. Her brother, Pite, is an international cricketer who has represented the South Africa cricket team. Affiliations *TuksSport - University of Pretoria The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ..., South Africa Our Sponsored Athletes Retrieved June 25, 2011 References External links Van Biljon rounds off a successful season 1988 births Living people South African peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
