Magdalena Moshi

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Magdalena Moshi
Personal information
Full nameMagdalena Ruth Alex Moshi
National teamFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Born (1990-11-30) 30 November 1990 (age 32)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
CoachJill Doyle

Magdalena Ruth Alex Moshi (born 30 November 1990) is a Tanzanian swimmer. [1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 45th place overall in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 50m freestyle event, [2] being ranked 67th of 91 competitors, with a time of 29.44s.[ citation needed ]

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She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, in the 50 and 100 m freestyle. [3]

Personal life

Moshi moved to Adelaide in South Australia in 2010 to study Health Sciences at Adelaide University and was studying to complete a PhD in Medicine at the same time as preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games. [2] She hopes to return to Tanzania to work in physiology or public health. [4]

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References

  1. London2012.com Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 Spencer, Sarah (5 July 2016). "Coach Jill Doyle instrumental in helping Magdalena Moshi reach the 2016 Olympics to swim for Tanzania". Leader Messenger. News Corp. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. "Glasgow 2014 - Magdalena Ruth Alex MOSHI Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. Osborne, Ben (Summer 2013). "Magdalena's Olympic odyssey". Lumen. University of Adelaide . Retrieved 12 August 2016.