Faye Sultan AlEssa (

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: فيّ سلطان; born 20 October 1994) is a

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i swimmer who competed in the Women's 50m Freestyle event at the

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as the first female swimmer to represent Kuwait at the olympics. She attended high school at the American School of Kuwait, and graduated in 2012. During the fall of 2012, Faye enrolled in the

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class of 2016. At Williams, she competed for the

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women's swimming & diving team. Faye also competed in the Women's 50m freestyle 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 ...

. She participated within the Independent Olympic Athletes team. She won her heat with a time of 26.86 seconds, finishing 54th out of 88 competitors.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sultan, Faye Living people 1994 births Kuwaiti female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Kuwait Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Kuwaiti female freestyle swimmers