Amadou Camara

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Amadou Camara
Personal information
NationalityGuinean
Born (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 29)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
Sport Swimming

Amadou Camara (born 10 September 1994) [1] is a Guinean Olympic swimmer.

Career

He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's 50 metre freestyle event where he ranked at #78 with a time of 27.35 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals.

Amadou Camara did not return to Guinea after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil, having disappeared 48 hours before the team's scheduled departure. [2]

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References

  1. "Amadou Camara". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. "Two Guinea athletes do not return home after Rio Olympics". Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 2018-04-20.