OSMAN Farida

General
EARLY DAYS
She was born in the United States of America while her parents were attending dental school in Indiana. The family moved to Cairo, Egypt, not long after her birth. She returned to the United States of America to study and compete with the University of California, Berkeley. "I had to be away from my family and move to the US since I knew that training in the US was the only way to get the best out of my capabilities and be the best version of myself. [In the US] I felt extremely privileged that I was able to learn the tricks of the trade from the most experienced people in the field, train and compete with the best, understand the discipline required, and focus on the intricacies of the sport which, among many other things, can make all the difference." (tokyo2020.org, 27 May 2020; calbears.com, 23 Feb 2015)

With her bronze medal in the 50m butterfly event at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, she became the first Egyptian athlete from any sport to win more than one career medal at the aquatics world championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 May 2020)

Her bronze medal in the 50m butterfly at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, made her the first Egyptian swimmer to win a medal in the pool and the second Egyptian to win a medal in any sport at the aquatics world championships, after Mohamed Zanaty won bronze in open water swimming at the 2007 edition of the tournament. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 May 2020; fina.org, 30 Jul 2017)