Antoinette Guedia Mouafo
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouafo |
| Nationality |
 Cameroon |
| Born | 21 October 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | freestyle, breaststroke |
Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouafo (born 21 October 1995)[1] is a Cameroonian swimmer.
She began swimming in 2003, at the age of 8, and became national champion in the women's 100 metre breaststroke category in 2006.[2]
Guedia represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was, at the age of 12, the youngest athlete of any nationality at the Games.[3] Competing in the 50 metre freestyle, she finished fourth in her heat with a time of 33.59 seconds. She had trained in a 22-metre pool in a hotel in Cameroon.[4][5]
She competed in the women's 50m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing with a time of 29.28 seconds in 53rd place in the heats.
References
- ↑ Biography on the official website of the 2008 Olympics
- ↑ "Le météore des bassins", Le Jour
- ↑ "Older rivals, bigger pool for 12-year-old Cameroonian", Reuters, August 13, 2008
- ↑ "Beijing's youngest is leader of the laggards", Reuters, August 15, 2008
- ↑ "Youngest Olympian makes wide-eyed debut", Agence France-Presse, August 15, 2008
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