FARIDA OSMAN
2011
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arab games
Best Female Swimmer
doha, Qatar
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junior swimming world championships
Broke the world junior record
lima, peru
2013
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swimming world championships
REACHED 7TH PLACE IN 50M BUTTERFLY
Barcelona, Spain
Mediterranean Games
GOLD MEDAL IN 50M BUTTERFLY
MERSIN, TURKEY
2016
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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
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Olympic Games
Only female swimmer
to qualify for the games
Tokyo, Japan
2023
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Swimming World Championships
CAME 4th in 50m butterfly and semi-final in 50m freestyle
Fukuoka, Japan
2024
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​​Olympic Games
TBD ​
Paris, France
2012
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olympic games
one of the youngest OLYMPIC ATHLETES TO QUALIFY FOR THE GAMES
London, uk
2015
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swimming world championships
REACHED 5TH PLACE IN 50M BUTTERFLY
kazan, russia
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aFRICAN games
Best Female Swimmer
Brazzaville, Congo
2017
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swimming world championships
REACHED FINAL & won bronze medal in 50m butterfly
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
2019
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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
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Swimming World Championships
Broke the African Record
in 50m & 100m butterfly
BUdapest, Hungary
2024
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​​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)
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)
