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    Unlikely Olympian ‘Eric the Eel’ reflects on his fame 20 years on | AFP

    rokurBy rokurSeptember 18, 2020Updated:September 18, 2020No Comments1 Min Read
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    Twenty years ago, Eric ‘the Eel’ Moussambani became a global star after swimming a 100-meter freestyle alone in the Olympic pool in Sydney so slowly that it appeared he might sink. Moussambani was the first swimmer from Equatorial Guinea, a nation with a population at the time of less than 1 million, to compete in the Olympics. He describes his remarkable journey to sporting fame, an unlikely ending for someone who, in his own words, arrived in Sydney not knowing how to swim.

    Eric Moussambani Eric the Eel Sydney 2000
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