Olivia Aya Nakitanda

Olivia Aya Nakitanda
Personal information
Full nameOlivia Aya Nakitanda
National team Uganda
Born (1984-08-27) 27 August 1984
Kampala, Uganda
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle

Olivia Aya Nakitanda (born August 27, 1984) is a Ugandan swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She represented her nation Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing herself among the top 70 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.

Nakitanda was invited by FINA to compete as a 24-year-old swimmer for the Ugandan team in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She threw down a scorching time and a lifetime best of 29.38 seconds to lead the third heat, but placed further in sixty-sixth overall out of ninety-two entrants.[2][3]

Nakitanda served as the chairperson for the Athletes commission at the https://nocuganda.org/ for the quadrennial ending 2009 to 2011. Her notable contribution during this tenure was carrying out a Bilharzia screening for Rowing Sport athletes at the Luzira site on Lake Victoria in Uganda and organised access to free treatment for those affected through Mulago National Specialised Hospital. She also led the inaugural Uganda Athletes Forum held in August 2011 at Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala, Uganda.

Nakitanda also volunteers on the Medical Commission of the https://nocuganda.org/

Education

Nakitanda studied at Kampala Parents School for her primary and then proceeded to Mount Saint Mary's Namagunga for her secondary education.[4]

Nakitanda is a graduate of medicine at Makerere University in Kampala.[5]

See Also

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olivia Nakitanda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ↑ Katende, Norman (14 August 2008). "Uganda: Kaburu Dives Into Beijing Fray Today". New Vision. AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. ↑ MUGAGGA, ROBERT. "The genius versus the average". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
  5. ↑ "The genius versus the average". The Ugandan Observer. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2012.


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