Nationality Swaziland | Weight 52 kg (115 lb) Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Name Senele Dlamini | |
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Born 1 April 1992 (age 32) ( 1992-04-01 ) Lobamba, Swaziland |
Senele Dlamini (born April 1, 1992) is a Swazi swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events. She represented her nation Swaziland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing among the top 65 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.
Dlamini received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as a lone female swimmer for the Swaziland team in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Swimming on the outside in heat four, Dlamini smashed the 28-second barrier to take the second spot with a personal lifetime best of 28.70, but fell behind the winner Ximene Gomes of Mozambique by more than half a second. Dlamini failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed sixty-first overall out of ninety-two swimmers in the prelims.
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