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In 2001, Moussambani competed in the 50 metres freestyle at the 2001 World Aquatics Championship in Fukuoka, Japan, finishing 88th out of 92 athletes. He set a new Equatorial Guinean record for the distance. He was the first male athlete in the nation's history ever to participate in the event.
18 de set. de 2020 · Twenty years ago, Eric Moussambani became a global star after swimming a 100-metre freestyle alone in the Olympic pool in Sydney so slowly that it looked like he might sink.
Eric Moussambani of Equatorial Guinea became one of the most loved athletes of the 2000 games. His race was the 100-metre freestyle swim. He jumped into the pool and started __________. After the first 50 metres he __________ very tired.
Though his solitary race at Sydney 2000 would be his first and last Olympic appearance, Moussambani went on to set a new national 100m freestyle record of 57 seconds. Thanks to his efforts, Equatorial Guinea now boasts two 50m pools, while he has gone on to become his country’s swimming team coach.
2 de ago. de 2021 · Twenty-one years ago, Eric Moussambani became the first swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, one of the smallest countries on the African continent, to compete in the Olympics. Soon, he would become...
- Mildred Europa Taylor
28 de ago. de 2020 · Eric Moussambani became one of the Sydney Olympics' most famous athletes by battling to swim 100m. But, within a few years, the swimmer from Equatorial Guinea had made dramatic progress.
Moussambani continued to swim and improved his time to 56.9 by 2004 and to 52.18 in 2006 at a meet in Germany. He later became national swim coach in Equatorial Guinea, while also working for a petroleum company.
