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Farida Osman
Osman in 2008
Personal information
Full nameFarida Hisham Osman
National team Egypt
Born (1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 29)
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, freestyle
ClubGezira Sporting Club
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Egypt
World Championships (LC)
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest 50 m butterfly
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo 50m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 100 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed freestyle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin 50 m butterfly
3rd FINA Junior World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Lima[1] 50m fly
African Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Casablanca[2] 50m fly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Casablanca 50m free
Silver medal – second place 2010 Casablanca 4x100m free relay
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Casablanca 100m fly
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Casablanca 50m back
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Casablanca 4x100m medley relay
Junior African Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius[3] 50m fly
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius[3] 50m Free
Gold medal – first place 2009 Mauritius[3] 50m Back
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mauritius 100m Fly
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mauritius 4x100m Free Relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mauritius 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver medal – second place 2009 Mauritius 4x200m Free Relay
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Mauritius 100m Free
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Mauritius 100m Back

Farida Hisham Osman (born January 18, 1995) is an American-born competitive swimmer who has represented Egypt in international championships. An All-Africa Games gold medalist and Egyptian national champion and record-holder, she competes in the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke sprint events. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Volodymyr Hotsu at the Gezira Sporting Club. Osman holds the senior national records for all the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke sprint events,[4] as well as an African record and title in the 50 m butterfly at 27.28 s.[5] Osman won the 50 m butterfly event in a world junior championship record time of 26.69 s at the 3rd FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru,[1] earning the first ever world medal for Egypt.[6]

Early life

Daughter to dentists Hisham Osman and Randa Elsalawy, Osman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1995, and raised in Cairo, Egypt.[7] She started swimming at the age of five at the Gezira Sporting Club with her brother Ahmed. Osman started at the Oasis French School in Cairo, but then transitioned to the French Embassy's Lycée Français du Caire. She studies at the Cairo American College.

Career

Osman took a break from swimming to pursue her synchronized swimming passion. At the age of 11, she returned to swimming and won all the 50m and 100m freestyle and butterfly national titles, earning the "Best Swimmer" trophy. At the age of 12, she was selected to represent Egypt at the 11th Pan Arab Games in Cairo, Egypt. She was the youngest athlete on the team and participated in the 50m, 100m freestyle and the 50m and 100m butterfly. Osman broke the Arab record for the 50m butterfly where she became the youngest Egyptian and Arab athlete to ever win the event and break the record. She finished 6th in the 100m butterfly.

Kazan 2015

The same year she competed at the All Africa Games and finished fifth in the 50m butterfly with a time of 28.95.[8]

Osman continued her career by participating in various international competitions such as the International Sindlefingen Swimming Competition (ISSC) where she competed in all sprint events in backstroke, butterfly and freestyle.[9] She received the 2nd-place trophy for best sprinters in the competition.

At 13, Osman traveled to the United States for a summer camp, where she swam for the Bear Swimming Team in Berkeley, California. She participated in various competitions such as RESLs, Junior Olympics, Sectionals and Far Westerns[10] where she was in the top 10 places of her year group.

Major achievements

3rd FINA Junior World Championship, Lima, Peru

At the 3rd FINA FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, which were held in Lima, Peru, Osman was one of the biggest surprised at the competition. In a world junior championship record time of 26.69, she became world junior champion in the 50m butterfly, placing Egypt 11th on the medalists charts, the highest rank any African or Arab nation has reached in a long time.[6] In the 100m butterfly, Osman placed 15th with a time of 1:02.18.[11]

13th FINA World Championship, Rome, Italy

At the 13th FINA 2009 World Aquatic Championships, which were held in Roma, Italy, Osman was among the youngest swimmers at the competition. She placed 66th in the 50m Freestyle clocking 26.77.[12] She also placed 50th in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 27.78,[13] making her the fastest swimmer in the world for her age group. Moreover, she placed 87th in the 100m free (59.45)[14] and 64th in the 100m butterfly (1.03.21).[15]

8th Junior African Championship, Mauritius

Shortly after the world championships, Osman went to Mauritius to represent Egypt at the 8th Junior African Champrionship. She placed 1st in the 50m freestyle, setting a new Junior African record with a time of 26.36.[16] Similarly, in the 50m Butterfly, her apparently strongest event, she broke another Junior African record with a time of 27.60.[17] Dominating in the sprinting events, Osman also won the gold medal in the 50m backstroke with a record time of 31.04.[18] In her remaining events, Osman won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly with a time of 1:03.16, finishing second to South Africa's Vanessa Mohr. In both the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, Osman finished 3rd place.[19]

2012 Summer Olympics

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, Osman represented Egypt in the 50m freestyle event beside her teammate Shehab Younis. Osman finished 42nd with a time of 26.34.[20]

2013 World Aquatics Championships

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, Osman competed in four events. On the first day, Osman competed in the 100m butterfly, finishing 24th with a time of 59.85s.[21] On the fifth day of competition, she swam the 100m freestyle while finishing 40th with a 56.84s.[22] On the sixth day of competition, Osman finished 11th in the heats of her signature event, 50m butterfly while advancing to the semi-finals and finishing with a new African Record of 26.12s.[23] Osman is the first Egyptian to qualify for a final at the World Aquatics Championships in the Egyptian history. On August 3, 2013, Osman finished 7th in the women's 50m butterfly final with a time of 26.17s respectively for Egypt.[24] This is the best ranking ever by an Egyptian pool swimmer in a major international competition.

Personal bests

As of 6 September 2015
Long course
Event Time Meet Name Meet City Meet Country Date Note(s)
50m freestyle 24.62 2017 FINA World Championships Budapest  Hungary July 29, 2017 NR,AF
100m freestyle 55.41 2015 All African Games Brazzaville  Republic of the Congo September 6, 2015 NR
50m butterfly 25.39 2017 FINA World Championships Budapest  Hungary July 29, 2017 NR,AF
100m butterfly 58.22 2015 FINA World Championships Kazan  Russia August 2, 2015 NR
50m backstroke 30.25 Arab Games Doha  Qatar December 19, 2011 NR

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 3rd FINA World Juniors – Lima, Peru – Single Meet License 3rd. FINA World Junior Swimming Championships – 8/16/2011 to 8/21/20. championships.coloradotime.com
  2. ^ "10th African Swimming Championships Results". Retrieved 2010-09-12.
  3. ^ a b c "9th Junior African Swimming Championships Results". Retrieved 2010-10-12.
  4. ^ "Egyptian Swimming Records" (PDF) (in Arabic).
  5. ^ "2010 African Swimming Championships Day 2 Results". www.aquafrica.ma. 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
  6. ^ a b Lima 2011, Day 6: Great success: 42 Championships Records and 19 nations with medals Archived September 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Fina.org. Retrieved on 2014-04-03.
  7. ^ "Farida Osman Bio - SwimSwam". SwimSwam. Retrieved 2017-01-10.
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  9. ^ by GeoLogix AG, Switzerland. Swim Rankings. Retrieved on 2010-11-18.
  10. ^ Resl Championships 2008 – Women's 50yd Freestyle. Swimming Times. Retrieved on 2010-11-18.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2011-08-23. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  16. ^ 8th JUNIOR AFRICAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Results list. Orange.mu (2009-10-24). Retrieved on 2010-11-18.
  17. ^ 8th JUNIOR AFRICAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Results list. Orange.mu (2009-10-24). Retrieved on 2010-11-18.
  18. ^ 8th JUNIOR AFRICAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Results list. Orange.mu (2009-10-23). Retrieved on 2010-11-18.
  19. ^ 8th JUNIOR AFRICAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Results list. Orange.mu (2009-10-22). Retrieved on 2010-11-18.
  20. ^ Farida Osman. sports-reference.com
  21. ^ Women's 100m Butterfly. 15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 28 July 2013. omegatiming.com
  22. ^ Women's 100m Freestyle. 15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 1 August 2013. omegatiming.com
  23. ^ Women's 50m Butterfly. 15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 2 August 2013. omegatiming.com
  24. ^ Women's 50m Butterfly. 15th FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 3 August 2013. omegatiming.com
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