Antoinette Guedia Mouafo

Antoinette Joyce Guedia Mouafo (born 21 October 1995)[1] is a Cameroonian swimmer.

Antoinette Guedia Mouafo
Personal information
Full nameAntoinette Joyce Guedia Mouafo
Nationality Cameroon
Born (1995-10-21) 21 October 1995
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokesfreestyle, breaststroke

She began swimming in 2003, at the age of 8, and became national champion in the women's 100 metre breaststroke category in 2006.[2]

Guedia represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was, at the age of 12, the youngest athlete of any nationality at the Games.[3] Competing in the 50 metre freestyle, she finished fourth in her heat with a time of 33.59 seconds. She had trained in a 22-metre pool in a hotel in Cameroon.[4][5]

She competed in the women's 50m freestyle at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, finishing with a time of 29.28 seconds in 53rd place in the heats.

References
  1. Biography Archived September 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine on the official website of the 2008 Olympics
  2. "Le météore des bassins" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine, Le Jour
  3. "Older rivals, bigger pool for 12-year-old Cameroonian", Reuters, August 13, 2008
  4. "Beijing's youngest is leader of the laggards" Archived 2008-09-08 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters, August 15, 2008
  5. "Youngest Olympian makes wide-eyed debut" Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Agence France-Presse, August 15, 2008


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