Stany Kempompo Ngangola

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Stany Kempompo Ngangola
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Born (1974-01-08) January 8, 1974 (age 51)
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Sport Swimming

Stany Kempompo Ngangola (born 8 January 1974), is a swimmer and electrical engineer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to a misprint in his personal best time, he was rumoured by the international media to be a potential successor to "Eric the Eel" – a spectacular underperformer. He was prematurely nicknamed "Stany the Snail", until he actually swam and the media conceded that he "wasn't too bad". [1] Kempompo finished last in the 50 metre freestyle event, with a time of 35.19.[ citation needed ]

He was also nicknamed "Stany the Stingray" in the Danish, Argentinian, British, Canadian, New Zealand and Australian press. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Kitson, Robert (2008-08-14). "Olympics: Stany was no Snail, much to our disappointment". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-06-05.
  2. ↑ "Mød Stany the Stingray" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine , Ekstra Bladet, August 15, 2008
  3. ↑ "En Sydney fue Mussambani; en Pekín, el congoleño Ngangola", La Nacion, August 15, 2008
  4. ↑ "Move over Eddie the Eagle and éric the Eel" Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine , The Gazette, August 15, 2008
  5. ↑ Moloney, John-Paul (August 14, 2008). "Stany the stingray". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved November 13, 2011.
  6. ↑ "'The Snail' takes up where 'The Eel' left off", The Independent, August 15, 2008

Biography on the official website of the Beijing Olympics

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