Nafissath Radji

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Nafissath Radji
Personal information
Full nameNafissath Abèkè Radji
NicknameNafi
National team Benin
Born (2002-08-02) 2 August 2002 (age 21)
Porto-Novo, Benin
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubClub des Nageurs de Dakar et Goree

Nafissath Radji (born 2 August 2002 in Porto-Novo)[1] is a Beninese swimmer.

She competed in the girls' 50 metre backstroke event at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2] She did not qualify to compete in the semi-finals.[2]

In 2019, she represented Benin at the World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event.[3] She did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[3] She also competed in the women's 50 metre backstroke event. In that same year, she also represented Benin at the 2019 African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[4]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[5] Her time of 29.99 seconds in her heat did not qualify for the semifinals.[6]

She represented Benin at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[7] She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle and women's 100 metre freestyle events.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 World Aquatics Championships - Entry list" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls' 50 metre backstroke". FINA.org. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ^ "2019 African Games - Swimming Results Book" (PDF). frmnatation.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Swimming - RADJI Nafissath". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle Event Summary" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b "2022 World Aquatics Championships – Swimming – Results Book" (PDF). omegatiming.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

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Preceded by Flag bearer for  Benin
2020 Tokyo
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