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Rania Elwani

Rania Elwani
Personal information
Full nameRania Amr Mostafa Elwani
رانیا عمرو مصطفي علواني
Nationality Egypt
Born (1977-10-14) 14 October 1977 (age 47)
Giza, Egypt
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubAl Ahly SC
College teamSMU Mustangs (USA)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Egypt
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Johannesburg 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Johannesburg 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Johannesburg 200 m freestyle

Dr. Rania Elwani (Egyptian Arabic: رانيا علوانى; born 14 October 1977)[1] is an Egyptian Olympic and former African Record holding swimmer. She swam for Egypt at 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics.

Education

She attended and swam for the USA's Southern Methodist University from 1997 to 1999. She later obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Misr University for Science and Technology in 2004, and a Master of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Ain Shams University in 2014.[2] She also had a Sports Management Diploma from the International Centre for Sports Studies, Switzerland in September 2009, and a Healthcare and Hospital Management Diploma from the American University in Cairo in 2015.[2]

Career

In 2004, she became a member of the International Olympic Committee.[1] In 2010, she became a member of the Athlete Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).[3]

She is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II. This group of top level champions, wish to make sport a tool for dialogue and social cohesion.[4]

Awards

  • Egypt Order of Merit of First Class for Sports
  • Egypt Egypt's Athlete of the year: 1991–1998
  • Arab Athlete of the Games, Jordan: 1999
  • The Arab Sports Federations Order of Merit for Sport: 1997
  • United Arab Emirates The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Sports Excellence: 2014
  • The International Fairplay Award, Italy: 2010
source:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Elwani's bio page from the website of the International Olympic Committee; retrieved 2011-07-30.
  2. ^ a b c "Rania Elwani". almentor.net.
  3. ^ Athlete Committee page Archived 15 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine from the WADA website; retrieved 2011-07-30.
  4. ^ "The Champions for Peace". peace-sport.org.


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