# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-moussambani-malonga
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:34:15.155Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-moussambani-malonga"
name: "Eric Moussambani Malonga"
slug: "eric-moussambani-malonga"
description: "Eric Moussambani Malonga is an Equatoguinean swimmer. Nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media, Moussambani gained brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics for an extremely unlikely victory. Moussambani, who had never seen an Olympic-sized swimming pool before, swam his heat of the 100 metre freestyle on 19 September in a time of 1:52.72. This was the slowest time in Olympic history by far, and Moussambani had trouble finishing the race, but he won his heat after both his competitors were disqualified due to false starts. Although Moussambani's time was still too slow to advance to the next round, he set a new personal best and an Equatoguinean national record. Moussambani eventually lowered his national record to 57 seconds, almost halving the time of his Olympic performance. He later became the coach of the national swimming squad of Equatorial Guinea."
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gender: "male"
birthDate: "1978-05-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump