Binta Zahra Diop

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Binta Zahra Diop
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Born (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 33)
Dakar, Senegal
Height1.69 m (5 ft 6+12 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
EventButterfly
ClubClub des Vikings de Rouen (FRA)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Algiers 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Maputo 50 m butterfly

Binta Zahra Diop (born 30 June 1990 in Dakar) is a Senegalese swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. [1] She is also a two-time bronze medalist for the 50 m butterfly event at the All-Africa Games. [2] [3]

Diop represented Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the women's 100 m butterfly event. She won the first heat, with a time of 1:04.26. Diop, however, failed to advance into the semi-final rounds, as she placed forty-seventh in the overall rankings. [4]

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