Senele Dlamini | |
Fullname: | Senele Dlamini |
National Team: | Swaziland |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Birth Date: | 1 April 1992 |
Birth Place: | Lobamba, Swaziland |
Height: | 1.780NaN0 |
Weight: | 520NaN0 |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Senele Dlamini (born April 1, 1992) is a Swazi swimmer, who specialized in freestyle and backstroke events.[1] She represented her nation Swaziland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing among the top 65 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.
Dlamini received a Universality invitation from FINA to compete as a lone female swimmer for the Swaziland team in the 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Swimming on the outside in heat four, Dlamini smashed the 28-second barrier to take the second spot with a personal lifetime best of 28.70, but fell behind the winner Ximene Gomes of Mozambique by more than half a second. Dlamini failed to advance to the semifinals, as she placed sixty-first overall out of ninety-two swimmers in the prelims.[2]