36 Facts About Farida Osman

Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events.

Farida Osman is an All-Africa Games gold medalist and Egyptian national champion and record-holder.

Farida Osman holds the senior national records for all the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke events, as well as African records in the 50m and 100m butterfly.

Daughter to dentists Hisham Farida Osman and Randa Elsalawy, Farida Osman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1995, and raised in Cairo, Egypt.

Farida Osman started swimming at the age of five at the Gezira Sporting Club with her brother Ahmed.

Farida Osman started at the Oasis French School in Cairo but then transitioned to the French Embassy's Lycee Francais du Caire.

Farida Osman took a break from swimming to pursue her synchronized swimming passion.

Farida Osman was the youngest athlete on the team and participated in the 50m, 100m freestyle, and the 50m and 100m butterfly.

Farida Osman broke the Arab record for the 50m butterfly, where she became the youngest Egyptian and Arab athlete ever to win the event and break the record.

Farida Osman continued her career by participating in various international competitions, such as the International Sindlefingen Swimming Competition, where she competed in all sprint events in backstroke, butterfly, and freestyle.

Farida Osman received the 2nd-place trophy for best sprinters in the competition.

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

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

At the 3rd FINA FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in Lima, Peru, Farida Osman was one of the biggest surprised at the competition.

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

Farida Osman placed 66th in the 50m Freestyle, clocking 26.77.

Farida Osman placed 50th in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 27.78, making her the fastest swimmer in the world for her age group.

Shortly after the world championships, Farida Osman went to Mauritius to represent Egypt at the 8th Junior African Championship.

Farida Osman placed 1st in the 50m freestyle, setting a new Junior African record with a time of 26.36.

In both the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, Farida Osman finished 3rd place.

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

Farida Osman competed in four events at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain.

Farida Osman is the first Egyptian to qualify for a final at the World Aquatics Championships in Egyptian history.

On 3 August 2013, Farida Osman finished 7th in the women's 50m butterfly final with a time of 26.17s respectively for Egypt.

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

At the 2017 NCAA championships, Farida Osman won first place in 100 Yard butterfly.

Farida Osman won first place in the 200 Yard freestyle relay and the 200 Yard medley relay, which she anchored both.

Farida Osman won third place in the 400 Yard freestyle relay.

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

Farida Osman won the gold medal in the 50m butterfly, with the new Mediterranean Game record of 25.48s.

Farida Osman was the fourth most successful individual athlete at the Games.

Farida Osman was named the Best Female Athlete from Africa by the Association Of National Olympic Committees in 2017.

Farida Osman was awarded the Mohamed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum Creative Sport Award for Distinguished Athlete Achievement in Sport in 2017.

Farida Osman won the African Female Swimmer of the Year title in Swimswam.

Farida Osman was selected as the 2017 Female African Swimmer of the Year by the Swimming World magazine.

Farida Osman was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2019.