Farida Osman

Farida Hisham Osman (Arabic: فريدة هشام عثمان; born 18 January 1995) is an Egyptian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events.

At the age of 11, she returned to swimming and won all the 50m and 100m freestyle and butterfly national titles, earning the "Best Swimmer" trophy.

At 13, Osman traveled to the United States for a summer camp, where she swam for the Bear Swimming Team in Berkeley, California.

She participated in various competitions such as RESLs, Junior Olympics, Sectionals, and Far Westerns[10] where she was in the top 10 places of her year group.

[12] At the 13th FINA 2009 World Aquatic Championships, held in Roma, Italy, Osman was among the youngest swimmers at the competition.

[18] Dominating in the sprinting events, Osman also won the gold medal in the 50m backstroke with a record time of 31.04.

[19] In her remaining events, Osman won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly with a time of 1:03.16, finishing second to South Africa's Vanessa Mohr.

[20] At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, Osman represented Egypt in the 50m freestyle event beside her teammate Shehab Younis.

At the 2017 FINA World Championships, Osman competed for Egypt and won the bronze model in the 50m butterfly event with the new African record of 25.39s.

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, Osman competed for Egypt in four events and won three medals, two gold and one silver.

[37] She was the recipient of the Tom Hansen Medal as the top female athlete for the 2016/17 season at the University of California Berkeley.

Kazan 2015