Joshua Tibatemwa

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Joshua Ekirikubinza Tibatemwa
Personal information
NationalityUgandan
Born (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 29)
Kampala, Uganda
Sport
CountryFlag of Uganda.svg Uganda
Sport Swimming

Joshua Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza (born 10 September 1996) [1] is a Ugandan Olympic swimmer. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he ranked 64th with a time of 25.98 seconds. He did not advance to the semifinals. He was Uganda's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. [2]

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Education.

He attended and graduated from the Aga Khan Academy in Mombasa in 2015. He later attended Grinnell College in Lowa, USA, where he studied computer science and economics. [3] [4]

Career

He set two national records at the World Championships in Kazan, Russia in 2015, for 50m freestyle and 50m breaststroke [3] . Also, at the Rio 2016 Olympics, he competed in the men's 50m freestyle event finishing 64th out of the 85 swimmers in the heats with a time of 25.98 seconds. Though he did not make it for the semi-finals. [5]

Major results

Individual

Long course

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
2013 World Championships Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona, Spain 70th (h)50 m breaststroke 33.85
2014 Commonwealth Games Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Glasgow, Great Britain 47th (h)50 m freestyle 25.78
34th (h)50 m breaststroke 33.72
31st (h)100 m breaststroke 1:16.49
2015 World Championships Flag of Russia.svg Kazan, Russia 80th (h)50 m freestyle 25.54
64th (h)50 m breaststroke 33.00
2016 Olympic Games Flag of Brazil.svg Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 64th (h)50 m freestyle 25.98
2017 World Championships Flag of Hungary.svg Budapest, Hungary 104th (h)100 m freestyle 58.79
71st (h)50 m breaststroke 32.77
2018 Commonwealth Games Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gold Coast, Australia 47th (h)50 m freestyle 24.93
43rd (h)50 m butterfly 27.17

Short course

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
2012 World Championships Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul, Turkey 122nd (h)50 m freestyle 26.14
83rd (h)50 m breaststroke 32.48
2016 World Championships Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Windsor, Canada -50 m breaststroke DNS
-100 m breaststroke DNS

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Joshua Tibatemwa". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
  3. 1 2 "Joshua Tibatemwa (Class of 2015): From Mombasa to Rio 2016 | Aga Khan Academies". www.agakhanacademies.org. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  4. ↑ "Academy graduate carries the flag for Uganda at Rio Olympic Games | Aga Khan Academies". www.agakhanacademies.org. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  5. ↑ Kazibwe, Edgar (2016-08-11). "Rio 2016: Ugandan swimmer Joshua Tibatemwa misses progression to Semi-finals by 3.88 seconds". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
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