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| Full name | Rania Amr Mostafa Elwani رانیا عمرو مصطفي علواني | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 October 1977 Giza, Egypt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Al Ahly SC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | SMU Mustangs (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dr. Rania Elwani (Egyptian Arabic : رانيا علوانى; born 14 October 1977) [1] is an Egyptian Olympic and former African Record holding swimmer. She swam for Egypt at 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics.
She attended and swam for the USA's Southern Methodist University from 1997 to 1999. She later obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Misr University for Science and Technology in 2004, and a Master of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Ain Shams University in 2014. [2] She also had a Sports Management Diploma from the International Centre for Sports Studies, Switzerland in September 2009, and a Healthcare and Hospital Management Diploma from the American University in Cairo in 2015. [2]
In 2004, she became a member of the International Olympic Committee. [1] In 2010, she became a member of the Athlete Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). [3]
She is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II. This group of top level champions, wish to make sport a tool for dialogue and social cohesion. [4]
Order of Merit of First Class for Sports Egypt's Athlete of the year: 1991–1998
The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Sports Excellence: 2014
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