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Binta Zahra Diop | |
Birth Date: | 30 June 1990 |
Birth Place: | Dakar, Senegal |
Weight: | 580NaN0 |
Sport: | Swimming |
Event: | Butterfly |
Club: | Club des Vikings de Rouen (FRA) |
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Binta Zahra Diop (born 30 June 1990 in Dakar) is a Senegalese swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] She is also a two-time bronze medalist for the 50 m butterfly event at the All-Africa Games.[2] [3]
Diop represented Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed for the women's 100 m butterfly event. She won the first heat, with a time of 1:04.26. Diop, however, failed to advance into the semi-final rounds, as she placed forty-seventh in the overall rankings.[4]