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Quotes
- “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.