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2011 

arab games 

Best Female Swimmer

doha, Qatar


 

junior swimming world championships

Broke the world junior record

lima, peru

2013

swimming world championships

REACHED 7TH PLACE IN  50M BUTTERFLY

Barcelona, Spain

 

Mediterranean Games

GOLD MEDAL IN 50M BUTTERFLY 
MERSIN, TURKE

2016

OLYMPIC GAMES 

REACHED SEMI-FINALS IN 100M BUTTERFLY (11TH PLACE) 

RIO DE JENeRIO, BRAZIL 

2018

Mediterranean games

set mediterranean games record in 50m
butterfly & freestyle

TARRAGONA, SPAIN 

african championships

GOLD MEDAL IN 50M & 100M bUTTERFLY & 50m freestyle 

ALGER, ALGERIA

2020

Olympic Games 

Only female swimmer
t
o qualify for the games

Tokyo, Japan

2023 

Swimming World Championships 

CAME 4th in 50m butterfly and semi-final in 50m freestyle

Fukuoka, Japan 

2024 

​​Olympic Games 

TBD 

Paris, France

2012

olympic games

one of the youngest OLYMPIC ATHLETES TO QUALIFY FOR THE GAMES

London, uk 

2015

swimming world championships

REACHED 5TH PLACE IN  50M BUTTERFLY

kazan, russia

aFRICAN games 

Best Female Swimmer

Brazzaville, Congo

2017

swimming world championships

REACHED FINAL & won bronze medal in 50m butterfly

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY

2019

african games

GOLD MEDAL IN 50M & 100M bUTTERFLY

CASABLANCA, MORROCO


swimming world championships

REACHED  FINAL & WON BRONZE MEDAL IN 50M BUTTERFLY

Gwangju, South Korea

2022

Swimming World Championships 

Broke the African Record
i
n 50m & 100m butterfly 

BUdapest, Hungary  

2024 

​​Swimming World
Championships 

ReacheD final & won bronze
medal in 50m butterfly 

Doha, Qatar 

Early Life

Daughter to dentists Hisham Osman and Randa Elsalawy, Osman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1995 and raised in Cairo, Egypt. She started her swimming journey at the Gezira Sporting Club with her brother Ahmed. Osman then graduated high school from cairo american college (cac) and later moved to california where she graduated from the University of California Berkeley, with a degree in Media Studies with an emphasis of Marketing and Advertising.

awards & recognitions

Egyptian Record Holder in 50m and 100m Freestyle, and 50m and 100m Butterfly.  African Continental Record Holder in 50m Freestyle, and 50m and 100m Butterfly.  junior World Record Holder in 50m Butterfly. 

3X African Female Swimmer of the Year

(2013, 2015 and 2017)

6X Arab Female Athlete of the Year

(2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017) 

University of California, Berkeley Most Improved Award 

(2014 and 2015) 

University of California, Berkeley Most Valuable player

(2016) 

University of California, Berkeley COACHES' Award 

(2017)

The Tom Hansen Medal for Top University of California Berkeley Female Athlete in all sports

(2017)

Association of National Olympic Committees - African Female Athlete of the Year 

(2017)

Mohamed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum - Most Distinguished Arab Achievement Award 

(2018)

First Egyptian or Arab (Male or Female) to reach semi-finals at the Olympics Games 

(Rio 2016)

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BRONZE MEDAList
50M BUTTERFLY
World Championships Gwangju, South Korea
 2019
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BRONZE MEDAList
50M BUTTERFLY
World Championships Budapest, Hungary
2017

MOTIVATIONAL

SPEAKER

- Youth Forum for Egyptians in the US (2018)

- TEDx Talks in Russian University in Egypt (2017)

- New Giza University (2017)

- Cairo American College (2017)

- American International School (2017)

- Beyond Your Borders & Tackling Fear - Itraverse Summit – Greek Campus  (2017)

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