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Also known as Farida Hisham Osman

Egyptian swimmer

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  • Winning the world championship was a dream of mine since I was a little girl. I trained so hard to achieve that goal and it was definitely the best feeling ever.
  • I was the youngest player in the league and I didn’t understand what was going on.
  • At the beginning, no one encouraged, supported or even gave attention to any sports other than football. So after I had overcome all these obstacles to show that there are other sports [in which we] can achieve even better than football, now I think it will be easier for others to pursue this path.
  • I am really interested to help young females to achieve what they want to. I try to be as much of a role model as I can because I want to help and inspire other people—not only in sports but whatever goal they have
  • I am a hard worker and passionate young lady that happened to have little talent and would like to pursue my dream of having an Olympic medal for my country. I would like to share my experience with the young athletes back home to give them the hope and will to succeed by pursuing their dream.
  • My advice to young athletes, not only girls, is to never give up on your dreams and to be committed and determined to it because it is definitely worth the journey. So if you want to succeed and achieve your goal, you have to work hard and accept that you have to be out of your comfort zone because it is not easy.

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Key facts

Full name
Farida Hisham Osman
National team
Egypt
Born
( 1995-01-18 ) 18 January 1995 (age 31) , Indianapolis, Indiana , United States
Height
1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Butterfly , freestyle
Club
Gezira Sporting Club
College team
University of California, Berkeley

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Encyclopedic overview

Farida Hisham Osman (Arabic: فريدة هشام عثمان; born 18 January 1995) is an Egyptian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. She is an All-Africa Games gold medalist and Egyptian national champion and record-holder. Osman is the fastest female swimmer in Egypt and Africa, she is currently coached by Teri McKeever. Osman holds the senior national records for all the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke events, as well as African records in the 50m and 100m butterfly.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Farida Osman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.