Kenza Bennaceur Explained

Kenza Bennaceur
Fullname:Kenza Bennaceur
Strokes:Butterfly, medley
Birth Date:14 January 1976
Birth Place:Algiers, Algeria
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Kenza Bennaceur (Arabic: كنزة بن ناصر; born January 14, 1976) is an Algerian former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly and in individual medley events. She won two bronze medals in the 200 m butterfly (2:33.54) and 400 m individual medley (5:29.60) at the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, South Africa.[1]

Bennaceur competed only in the women's 100 m butterfly at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She achieved a FINA B-cut of 1:07.00 from the All-Africa Games.[2] Swimming in heat two, Bennaceur decided to scratch out from the race, and then withdrew from the Games for personal and health reasons on the first day of prelims.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Smith. Neville. All-Africa Games Day 1: Wittstock Causes Upset As SA Strikes Gold At Ellis Park. Swim News. 12 September 1999. 22 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 2). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 14 June 2013.
  3. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Butterfly Heat 2 . . . . 224 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  4. News: Newberry. Paul. Thompson anchors U.S. relay win; Thorpe wins 400 free. https://archive.today/20130615211705/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep16_tho.html. usurped. 15 June 2013. Canoe.ca. 16 September 2000. 28 May 2013.