2000 olympics swimming eric moussambani biography

Equatoguinean swimmer (born )

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moussambani and the second or maternal family name is Malonga.

Full&#;name	Eric Moussambani Malonga
Born	() 31 May (age&#;46) Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
Country	Equatorial Guinea
Sport	Swimming
Events
Personal bests	50&#;m freestyle: sNR () &#;m freestyle: sNR ()

Eric Moussambani Malonga (born 31 May ) is an Equatoguinean swimmer.

Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media, Moussambani won brief international fame at the Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani, who had never seen an Olympic-sized (50 meters) swimming pool before, swam his heat of the &#;m freestyle on 19&#;September in a time of ^[1] This was the slowest time in Olympic history by far, and Moussambani had trouble finishing the race, but he won his heat after both his competitors were disqualified due to false starts.

Although M