Bunturabie Effuah Rashida Jalloh (born 10 May 1998) is a Sierra Leonean

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Biography

Jalloh was born in Bo in 1998 in southern Sierra Leone. She grew up in Freetown. She attended the Bilingual High School Murray Town.Sierra Leone Sports: Bunturabie Jalloh chosen as Sierra Leone’s Olympic flag-bearer
, Awoko.org, Retrieved 18 September 2016 Jalloh went to the 2015 All Africa Games in

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. She won two bronze medals as part of a team at the 5th Africa Zone two (2) championship in Senegal at both the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays. She placed 88th in the 50 metre freestyle event at the

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with a time of 39.85 seconds, setting a national record. She did not advance to the semifinals. She was the flagbearer for Sierra Leone during the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jalloh, Bunturabie 1998 births Living people Sierra Leonean female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Sierra Leone Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) People from Bo, Sierra Leone Commonwealth Games competitors for Sierra Leone Swimmers at the 2018 Commonwealth Games