Jason Edward Dunford, OGW, OLY, also known as Samaki Mkuu, is a Kenyan Olympic swimmer, media personality, rapper and entrepreneur. During his swimming career he was predominantly a butterfly and freestyle sprinter winning gold medals at the Commonwealth Games, Universiade, All-Africa Games and African Championships, and reaching finals at the Olympics, World Championships and Short Course World Championships. He also held African, Universiade and Olympic records. He has worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC, is a co-founder and adviser to software company, Safi and currently serves as the CEO of Baila Entertainment whilst performing as Samaki Mkuu, one half of the rap duo Romantico & Samaki Mkuu.
Farida Hisham Osman is an Egyptian competitive swimmer who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. An All-Africa Games gold medalist and Egyptian national champion and record-holder. Osman is the fastest female swimmer in Egypt and Africa, she is currently coached by Teri McKeever. Osman holds the senior national records for all the butterfly, freestyle and backstroke events, as well as African records in the 50m and 100m butterfly.
Swimming has been part of African Games since its inaugural edition in 1965 and has continued to feature prominently at the competition in each of its subsequent editions.
The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the games were postponed to 2021. However, their official name remained 2020 Summer Olympics with swimming events set for 24 July–1 August 2021 and marathon swimming set for 4–5 August 2021.
Tatjana Schoenmaker is a South African swimmer specialising in breaststroke events. She is the world record holder in the long course 200-metre breaststroke and the African record holder in the long course and short course 100-metre breaststroke as well as the short course 200-metre breaststroke. She is a former African record holder in the long course 50-metre breaststroke and former South African record holder in the short course 50-metre breaststroke. She won the gold medal and set the world record in the 200-metre breaststroke and also won the silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Egypt competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan from 25 August to 6 September. This was Egypt's thirteenth appearance at the Summer Paralympics.
The Men's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Women's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Men's 50 metre breaststroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Women's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Men's 100 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Men's 200 metre butterfly competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Men's 50 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 23 August 2019.
The Men's 200 metre backstroke competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Men's 800 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.
The Women's 100 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 24 August 2019.
The Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition of the 2019 African Games was held on 21 August 2019.
