Rania Elwani

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Rania Elwani
Personal information
Full nameRania Amr Mostafa Elwani
رانیا عمرو مصطفي علواني
Nationality Egypt
Born (1977-10-14) 14 October 1977 (age 46)
Giza, Egypt
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubAl Ahly SC
College teamSMU Mustangs (USA)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Egypt
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Johannesburg 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Johannesburg 200 m freestyle

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • Egypt Order of Merit of First Class for Sports
  • Egypt 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
  • United Arab Emirates The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Sports Excellence: 2014
  • The International Fairplay Award, Italy: 2010
source:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Elwani's bio page from the website of the International Olympic Committee; retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. ^ a b c "Rania Elwani". almentor.net.
  3. ^ Athlete Committee page Archived 15 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine from the WADA website; retrieved 2011-07-30.
  4. ^ "The Champions for Peace". peace-sport.org.