Olivia Aya Nakitanda
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Olivia Aya Nakitanda |
| National team |
 Uganda |
| Born |
27 August 1984 Kampala, Uganda |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Olivia Aya Nakitanda (born August 27, 1984) is a Ugandan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] 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.[2][3]
Nakitanda is a graduate of medicine at Makerere University in Kampala.[4]
References
- ↑ "Olivia Nakitanda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ Katende, Norman (14 August 2008). "Uganda: Kaburu Dives Into Beijing Fray Today". New Vision (AllAfrica.com). Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ↑ "The genius versus the average". The Ugandan Observer. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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