Oumy Diop

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Oumy Diop
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Diop in 2023
Personal information
NationalityFrance and Senegal
Born29 August 2003
Grenoble, France
Height169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokesbutterfly, backstroke and freestyle events
College team Florida International University

Oumy Diop (born 29 August 2003) is a French-Senegalese swimmer who specialises in butterfly, backstroke and freestyle events. She represents Senegal in international competitions and holds five medals from the African Swimming Championships.

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Early life

Diop was born to Senegalese parents in Grenoble, France. [1] She began competing in swimming events aged 5. [1] Diop studied at Florida International University in the United States. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Career

In August 2022, Diop won silver in the 100m butterfly and bronze in the 50m butterfly at the 2022 African Swimming Championships in Tunis, Tunisia. [6] Also in 2022, Diop came in 4th place in the 100m butterfly at the Islamic Solidarity Games [7] and competed at the African Zone 2 Championships in Dakar. [8] She qualified for the 2022 FINA Short Course World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. [2]

In February 2024, Diop competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Qatar. [9] In April 2024, Diop won gold in the 100m butterfly, silver in the 50m butterfly, and two bronze medals in the 100m freestyle and 500m backstroke at the 2024 African Swimming Championships in Luanda, Angola. [10] [3] [11] She represented Senegal in the 100m butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, [4] [5] but was eliminated in the heats. [12] [13]

Diop is an ambassador for the 2026 Youth Olympic Games. [1] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Oumy Diop: A Childhood Dream Within Reach". Westside Gazette. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "FIU Adds Senegalese Record Holder Oumy Diop For 2023 Spring Semester". SwimSwam. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Oumy Diop - 2025-26 - Swimming and Diving". FIU Athletics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Valencia, Gisela Maria. "FIU swimmer to compete at Olympics". FIU News. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 Torres, Johanna (26 July 2024). "'Like a dream': Best friend FIU swimmers set to compete at Paris Olympics". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "XV CANA African Swimming Championships". Liveffn.com. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "JSI - Natation : Oumy Diop rate de peu une médaille !". Wiwsport (in French). 17 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Natation-Oumy Diop : «Je rêve de devenir la deuxième médaillée olympique du Sénégal» - A la une". Sport News Africa (in French). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Africa's week in pictures: 9-15 February 2024". BBC News . 16 February 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Oumy DIOP Results". World Aquatics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  11. ↑ Pelshaw, Anya (6 May 2024). "Lara Van Niekerk Wins 50 and 200 Breaststrokes At African Championships". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "JO 2024: «C'était mon rêve», la nageuse sénégalaise Oumy Diop a savouré ses premiers Jeux". RFI (in French). 27 July 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Oumy DIOP". Olympics. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
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