Gloria Muzito

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Gloria Muzito
Personal information
Birth nameGloria Anna Muzito
National teamFlag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Born (2002-11-29) November 29, 2002 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Butterfly
ClubDolphins Swim Club, Uganda
Sundsvall Simsällskap, Sweden
College team Florida State Seminoles
CoachJoseph Kaboggoza (Uganda national team)
Muzafaru Muwanguzi(Uganda national team)
Neal Studd(Florida State Seminoles)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Accra 100 m freestyle
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Gyor Girls' 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Gyor 4x100 mixed freestyle relay

Gloria Muzito (sometimes referred to as Anna Gloria Muzito or Gloria A. Muzito, born 29 November 2002) is a Ugandan-Swedish swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 2023 African Games inthe 100m freestyle and thereby setting a national record. [1] [2]

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Background and education

After relocating to Sweden, Muzito studied at Hedbergska Skolan Sundsvall as well as the Sundsvall Gymnasium. [3]

She has been named to a number of Atlantic Coast Conference honours such as the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll between 2021-2022. [4] In late 2022, she was one of the student-athlete recipients of the 2022 Go Teach Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway to help further her career in education. [5] As of March 2024, Muzito is a student at Florida State University , and is a student of Sports Management. [4]

Swimming career

On a national level, Muzito represents Uganda [6] .She represented Uganda at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar [7] [8]

Muzito also represented Sweden between 2014 and 2022 and was a part of the Swedish national junior swim team notably participating at the 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships and the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival where alongside Robin Hanson, she was able to win a bronze medal in the mixed relay. [9] [10]

She is also a part of the Florida State University's swim team under its sport collective,The Florida State Seminoles [3] Muzito was part of the Dolphins Swim Club in Kampala as well as Sundsvall Simsällskap in Sweden [11]

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