Farida Osman

Farida Hisham Osman is an Americanborn competitive swimmer who has represented Egypt in international championships. An AllAfrica Games gold medalist and Egyptian national champion and recordholder, she competes in the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke sprint events. She is currently coached by Ukrainian Volodymyr Hotsu at the Gezira Sporting Club. Osman holds the senior national records for all the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke sprint events, as well as an African record and title in the 50 m butterfly at 27.28 s. Osman won the 50 m butterfly event in a world junior championship record time of 26.69 s at the 3rd FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Peru, earning the first ever world medal for Egypt.

Osman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana i 1995, daughter to dentists Hisham Osman and Randa Elsalawy. She started swimming at the age of five, alongside her brother Ahmed Osman, currently a student at the University of California, Berkeley, at the Gezira Sporting Club. Osman started at the Oasis French School in Cairo, but then transitioned to the French Embassys Lyce Franais du Caire. She studies at the Cairo American College.

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