Stany Kempompo Ngangola Explained

Birth Date:	8 January 1974

Stany Kempompo Ngangola (born 8 January 1974), is a swimmer and electrical engineer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to a misprint in his personal best time, he was rumoured by the international media to be a potential successor to "Eric the Eel" – a spectacular underperformer. He was prematurely nicknamed "Stany the Snail", until he actually swam and the media conceded that he "wasn't too bad".^[1] Kempompo finished last in the 50 metre freestyle event, with a time of 35.19.

He was also nicknamed "Stany the Stingray" in the Danish, Argentinian, British, Canadian, New Zealand and Australian press.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

External links

• Biography on the official website of the Beijing Olympics

Notes

Notes and References

1. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/aug/14/olympicsaquatics.olympics2008 "Olympics: Stany was no Snail, much to our disappointment"
2. http://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/ol/ol-svoemning/article1044538.ece "Mød Stany the Stingray"
3. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1039890 "En Sydney fue Mussambani; en Pekín, el congoleño Ngangola"
4. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=a9660bee-6b7e-4bf0-b985-d70a5f5153bf "Move over Eddie the Eagle and éric the Eel"
5. News: Stany the stingray . Moloney, John-Paul . August 14, 2008 . . November 13, 2011.
6. https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/aquatics/the-snail-takes-up-where-the-eel-left-off-897425.html "'The Snail' takes up where 'The Eel' left off"