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Farida Osman

Osman in 2008
Personal information
Born	(1995-01-18) 18 January 1995 (age 30) Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Height	1.65 m
Weight	70 kg
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Club	Gezira Sporting Club
College team	University of California, Berkeley
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Egypt World Championships (LC) Bronze 2017 Budapest 50 m butterfly Bronze 2019 Gwangju 50 m butterfly Bronze 2024 Doha 50 m butterfly All-Africa Games Gold 2011 Maputo 50m butterfly Gold 2015 Brazzaville 50 m freestyle Gold 2015 Brazzaville 100 m freestyle Gold 2015 Brazzaville 50 m butterfly Gold 2015 Brazzaville 100 m butterfly Gold 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed medley Silver 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m freestyle Silver 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m medley Silver 2015 Brazzaville 4×100 m mixed freestyle Mediterranean Games Gold 2013 Mersin 50 m butterfly Gold 2018 Tarragona 50 m freestyle Gold 2018 Tarragona 50 m butterfly World Junior Championships Gold 2011 Lima 50 m butterfly African Championships Gold 2010 Casablanca 50m fly Silver 2010 Casablanca 50m free Silver 2010 Casablanca 4x100m free relay Bronze 2010 Casablanca 100m fly Bronze 2010 Casablanca 50m back Bronze 2010 Casablanca 4x100m medley relay Junior African Championship Gold 2009 Mauritius 50m fly Gold 2009 Mauritius 50m Free Gold 2009 Mauritius 50m Back Silver 2009 Mauritius 100m Fly Silver 2009 Mauritius 4x100m Free Relay Silver 2009 Mauritius 4x100m Medley Relay Silver 2009 Mauritius 4x200m Free Relay Bronze 2009 Mauritius 100m Free Bronze 2009 Mauritius 100m Back

Farida Hisham Osman (born January 18, 1995) is an amazing Egyptian swimmer. She is known for her skills in butterfly and freestyle swimming. Farida is a gold medalist at the All-Africa Games and holds many Egyptian national records. She is considered the fastest female swimmer in Egypt and Africa. Her coach is Teri McKeever. Farida holds national records for all butterfly, freestyle, and backstroke events. She also holds African records in the 50m and 100m butterfly races.

Farida's Early Life

Farida Osman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, in 1995. She grew up in Cairo, Egypt. Her parents, Hisham Osman and Randa Elsalawy, are both dentists. Farida started swimming at age five with her brother Ahmed at the Gezira Sporting Club. She went to the Oasis French School in Cairo. Later, she attended the French Embassy's Lycée Français du Caire and the Cairo American College.

Farida's Swimming Journey

Farida took a short break from swimming to try synchronized swimming. But at age 11, she returned to competitive swimming. She quickly won all the national titles for 50m and 100m freestyle and butterfly. This earned her the "Best Swimmer" trophy.

At just 12 years old, Farida was chosen to represent Egypt. She competed at the 11th Pan Arab Games in Cairo. She was the youngest athlete on the team. Farida swam in the 50m and 100m freestyle, and the 50m and 100m butterfly events. She broke the Arab record for the 50m butterfly. This made her the youngest Egyptian and Arab athlete to win this event and set a new record. She also finished 6th in the 100m butterfly.

In the same year, she competed at the All Africa Games. She finished fifth in the 50m butterfly. Farida continued to compete in many international events. She even won second place for best sprinters at the International Sindlefingen Swimming Competition (ISSC).

When she was 13, Farida went to a summer camp in the United States. She swam for the Bear Swimming Team in Berkeley, California. She competed in various events and often placed in the top 10 for her age group.

Farida Osman at the 2015 World Championships in Kazan.

Major Swimming Achievements

World Junior Championships in Peru

At the 3rd FINA FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru, Farida Osman was a big surprise. She became the world junior champion in the 50m butterfly. She set a new world junior championship record with a time of 26.69 seconds. This amazing win helped Egypt reach 11th place on the medal charts. This was the highest rank any African or Arab nation had achieved in a long time. In the 100m butterfly, Farida finished 15th.

World Aquatics Championships in Italy

Farida was one of the youngest swimmers at the 13th FINA 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy. She finished 66th in the 50m Freestyle. In the 50m Butterfly, she placed 50th. This made her the fastest swimmer in the world for her age group in that event.

Junior African Championship in Mauritius

Soon after the World Championships, Farida went to Mauritius. She represented Egypt at the 8th Junior African Championship. She won first place in the 50m freestyle. She set a new Junior African record with a time of 26.36 seconds. In her best event, the 50m Butterfly, she broke another Junior African record. She also won a gold medal in the 50m backstroke. Farida also earned silver in the 100m butterfly and bronze in the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke.

2012 Summer Olympics in London

Farida Osman represented Egypt at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. She competed in the 50m freestyle event. She finished 42nd overall.

2013 World Aquatics Championships in Spain

Farida competed in four events at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. She made history by becoming the first Egyptian to reach a final at the World Aquatics Championships. This happened in her signature event, the 50m butterfly. She set a new African Record in the semi-finals with a time of 26.12 seconds. In the final, she finished 7th. This was the best result ever for an Egyptian pool swimmer in a major international competition.

2017 FINA World Championships

At the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Farida Osman won a bronze medal in the 50m butterfly event. She set a new African record with a time of 25.39 seconds. She also set a new African record in the 50m freestyle, finishing 9th.

2017 NCAA Swimming Championships

Farida had a fantastic performance at the 2017 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships. She won first place in the 100 Yard butterfly. She also helped her team win first place in the 200 Yard freestyle relay and the 200 Yard medley relay. She also earned third place in the 400 Yard freestyle relay.

2018 Mediterranean Games

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, Farida won three medals for Egypt. She earned two gold medals and one silver. She won gold in the 50m freestyle, setting a new Mediterranean Game record. She also won gold in the 50m butterfly, setting another new record for the Games. Farida won a silver medal in the 100m butterfly. She was the fourth most successful individual athlete at these Games.

Farida's Best Times

Farida Osman has set many personal best times in her career. These are her fastest times in long course pools:

Awards and Honors

Farida Osman has received many awards for her amazing swimming career:

• In 2017, she was named the Best Female Athlete from Africa by the Association Of National Olympic Committees (ANOC).
• She received the Mohamed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum Creative Sport Award in 2017 for her outstanding achievements in sport.
• She won the African Female Swimmer of the Year title from Swimswam.com's Swammy Awards in 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017.
• Swimming World magazine selected her as the 2017 Female African Swimmer of the Year.
• She received the Tom Hansen Medal as the top female athlete for the 2016/17 season at the University of California Berkeley.
• In 2019, she was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women.

See also

In Spanish: Farida Osman para niños