Emile-Rony Bakale | |
Fullname: | Emile Rony Bakale |
Nationality: | Congo |
Strokes: | Backstroke |
Club: | TuksSwimming (South Africa) |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1987 |
Birth Place: | Timișoara Romania |
Height: | 1 m 88 |
Weight: | 85 kg |
Emile-Rony Bakale (born 6 October 1987 in Timișoara) is a Romanian-born Republic of the Congo swimmer specializing in freestyle.[1] He swam for the Congo at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.[2] He was the Congo's flagbearer in 2004.
He also swam at almost all the World Swimming Championships between 2000 and 2015 and the All-Africa Games between 1999 and 2015. Bakale is an engineer in Robotics. His elder sister Monika also swam for the Congo.