Olivia Aya Nakitanda

Olivia Aya Nakitanda
Personal information
Full name	Olivia Aya Nakitanda
National team	Uganda
Born	27 August 1984 (age 40); Kampala, Uganda
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle

Olivia Aya Nakitanda (born August 27, 1984) is a Ugandan swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] She represented her nation Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing herself among the top 70 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.

Nakitanda was invited by FINA to compete as a 24-year-old swimmer for the Ugandan team in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She threw down a scorching time and a lifetime best of 29.38 seconds to lead the third heat, but placed further in sixty-sixth overall out of ninety-two entrants.^[2]^[3]

Education

Nakitanda studied at Kampala Parents School for her primary and then proceeded to Mount Saint Mary's Namagunga for her secondary education.^[4]

Nakitanda is a graduate of medicine at Makerere University in Kampala.^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Olivia Nakitanda". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
^ "Swimming: Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 3". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
^ Katende, Norman (14 August 2008). "Uganda: Kaburu Dives Into Beijing Fray Today". New Vision. AllAfrica.com. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
^ MUGAGGA, ROBERT. "The genius versus the average". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2019-05-31.
^ "The genius versus the average". The Ugandan Observer. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2012.