Clara Monika Bakale (born May 15, 1979) is a 3-time Olympic swimmer from the

Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo (french: République du Congo, ln, Republíki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa to the w ...

. Bakale represented the Congo at the

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

Olympics. She is the sister of fellow swimmer

Rony Bakale Emile-Rony Bakale (born 6 October 1987 in Timișoara) is a Romanian-born Republic of the Congo swimmer specializing in freestyle. He swam for the Congo at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He was the Congo's flagbearer A standard-bearer, ...

. She's a welding engineer working for TOTAL E& P

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1979 births Living people Republic of the Congo female swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Republic of the Congo Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{RCongo-swimming-bio-stub