Dede Camara (born 22 July 1991 in

Fria Fria is a town and Sub-prefecture in Lower Guinea, lying north of Conakry near the Amaria Dam on the Konkouré River. As of 2014 it had a population of 61,691 people. Overview There are some variations in the name of the town: Friguia, Kim ...

) is a Guinean

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. She competed for Guinea at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. Camara ranked 46th in the Women's 100m breaststroke event and did not advance to the semifinals.

Disappearance

On 11 August 2012, one day before the Olympics closing ceremony, Dede Camara went missing from the Guinean team headquarters in London. Some days later, it was revealed that she was among a group of African athletes who had gone missing, and were thought to be either hiding or seeking

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in the United Kingdom. It is unknown whether Camara remained in Britain after the expiry of her visa, or returned home, but the British government revealed in 2015 that 132 athletes and coaches from London 2012 had failed to return home and were still in Britain at that time.

References

Guinean female swimmers Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Guinea People from Fria 1991 births Living people Female breaststroke swimmers {{Guinea-swimming-bio-stub