Nationality Uganda Height 1.73 m Name Olivia Nakitanda | Weight 63 kg | |
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Born 27 August 1984 (age 40) ( 1984-08-27 ) | ||
3 - Athletes in their career transition - Olivia Aya Nakitanda - Former Swimmer
Olivia Aya Nakitanda (born August 27, 1984) is a Ugandan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She represented her nation Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing herself among the top 70 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.
Nakitanda was invited by FINA to compete as a 24-year-old swimmer for the Ugandan team in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She threw down a scorching time and a lifetime best of 29.38 seconds to lead the third heat, but placed further in sixty-sixth overall out of ninety-two entrants.
Nakitanda is a graduate of medicine at Makerere University in Kampala.
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