Emile-Rony Bakale (born 6 October 1987 in

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) is a

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n-born Republic of the Congo swimmer specializing in freestyle.London 2012 profile
/ref> He swam for the Congo at the 2004,

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and 2012 Olympics. He was the Congo's

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in 2004. He also swam at almost all the World Swimming Championships between 2000 and 2015 and the All-Africa Games between 1999 and 2015. Bakale is an engineer in Robotics. His elder sister Monika also swam for the Congo.

References

Yahoo! Sports profile
1987 births Living people Olympic swimmers of the Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo male freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Timișoara Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2015 African Games African Games competitors for the Republic of the Congo {{RCongo-swimming-bio-stub