Rania Elwani
Egyptian swimmer
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Full name |
Rania Amr Mostafa Elwani
رانیا عمرو مصطفي علواني |
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Born |
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1977-10-14
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14 October 1977
(age
45)
Giza , Egypt |
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Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
Club | Al Ahly SC | ||||||||||||
College team | SMU Mustangs (USA) | ||||||||||||
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Dr. Rania Elwani ( Arabic : رانيا علواني ; born 14 October 1977) [1] is an Egyptian Olympic and former African Record holding swimmer. She swam for Egypt at 1992 , 1996 and 2000 Olympics.
Education
She attended and swam for the USA's Southern Methodist University from 1997 to 1999. She later obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Misr University for Science and Technology in 2004, and a Master of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Ain Shams University in 2014. [2] She also had a Sports Management Diploma from the International Centre for Sports Studies , Switzerland in September 2009, and a Healthcare and Hospital Management Diploma from the American University in Cairo in 2015. [2]
Career
In 2004, she became a member of the International Olympic Committee . [1] In 2010, she became a member of the Athlete Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). [3]
She is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco -based international organization placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II . This group of top level champions, wish to make sport a tool for dialogue and social cohesion. [4]
Awards
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Order of Merit of First Class for Sports
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Egypt's Athlete of the year: 1991–1998
- Arab Athlete of the Games, Jordan: 1999
- The Arab Sports Federations Order of Merit for Sport: 1997
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The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Sports Excellence: 2014
- The International Fairplay Award, Italy: 2010
- source: [2]
References
- 1 2 Elwani's bio page from the website of the International Olympic Committee; retrieved 2011-07-30.
- 1 2 3 "Rania Elwani" . almentor.net .
- ↑ Athlete Committee page Archived 15 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine from the WADA website; retrieved 2011-07-30.
- ↑ "The Champions for Peace" . peace-sport.org .
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