Rania Elwani

صورة
Organizations: Sports Clubs
Professions: Athlete

PERSONAL INFORMATION


Parliamentarian, Former Swimmer

Rania Elwani

CONTACT INFORMATION / PRIVATE


rania_elwani@link.net

Education


BS, Medicine and Surgery, Misr University of Science and Technology, 2004.

BS, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1999.

languages


Arabic

English

COMPETENCES


Swimming

WORK HISTORY


Parliamentarian, 2015.

Represented Egypt in 3 Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000), reaching the women's finals.

Egyptian Swimming Champion from 1989 to 2000 and holder of records in several freestyle and backstroke races.

Honorary office and memberships


Member, International Olympic Committee.

Member, Egyptian Olympic Committee.

Member, Board of Directors, Al-Ahly Club.

Member, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

Member, Medical Committee of the International Olympic Committee.

Member, Athletes' Committee of the International and Egyptian Olympic Committees and Founder of the Egyptian Olympians Association.

Technical Supervisor for the Egyptian National Swimming Team.

AWARDS


Chosen by the BBC as a rising Arab star in 1992.

First Egyptian, Arab, and African female swimmer to earn two gold medals in swimming.

First Egyptian to swim the 100 m freestyle in under a minute.

Won 77 various medals at the national level.

Among the best 11 swimmers in the world in the 100 m freestyle race.