Personal information | |
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Full name | Ermelinda Zamba |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Maputo, Mozambique | 28 August 1981
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Ermelinda Zamba (born 28 August 1981) is a Mozambican former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. [1] Zamba qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 30.33. [2] [3] She cleared a 30-second barrier, and posted a lifetime best of 29.34 to lead the third heat, edging out Madagascar's Aina Andriamanjatoarimanana in a close race by one hundredth of a second (0.01). Zamba failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-fifth overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries. [4] [5]