Leonard Ngoma Explained

Leonard Ngoma
Fullname:Leonard Ngoma
Strokes:Breaststroke
Club:Bolles School Swim Club (U.S.)
Coach:Sion Brinn (JAM)
Collegeteam:Wright State University (U.S.)
Birth Date:2 January 1979
Birth Place:Mufulira, Zambia
Height:1.760NaN0
Weight:700NaN0
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Leonard Ngoma (born January 2, 1979) is a Zambian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] He attended Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, and later represented his homeland Zambia at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[2] While studying in the United States, Ngoma played for the Wright State Raiders swimming and diving team at Wright State University in Fairborn, Ohio, and trained with his partner and newly hired assistant coach Sion Brinn, a two-time Olympian (1996 and 2000) who held a dual citizenship to compete for Jamaica and Great Britain.[3]

Ngoma qualified for the men's 200 m breaststroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 2:23.00.[4] He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Andrés Bicocca of Argentina and Nguyen Ngoc Anh of Vietnam. He closed out a small field to last place by almost 12 seconds behind winner Bicocca with a slowest time of 2:32.90. Ngoma failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall in the prelims.[5] [6]

Notes and References

  1. Leonard Ngoma. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073722/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ng/leonard-ngoma-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 4 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Bolles in the Olympics . . 5 June 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130511024134/http://www.bolles.org/s/864/currentsp/indexNoRot.aspx?sid=864&gid=1&pgid=1814 . 11 May 2013 .
  3. Web site: Noss. Bob. 2000 Olympics, With a Wright State Flavor. PDF. 32. Wright State University. 2000. 5 June 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100827150538/http://www.wright.edu/community/pdf/CommFall2000.pdf. 27 August 2010.
  4. Web site: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 1). PDF. Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. 23 April 2013.
  5. Web site: Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Breaststroke Heat 1 . . . . 250 . 23 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110819181023/http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf . 19 August 2011 .
  6. News: Wide-open race in the men's 100 free. https://archive.today/20130615164701/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep19_wid.html. usurped. June 15, 2013. Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. 3 June 2013.