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Born | March 25, 2000 |
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Country | Burundi |
Sport | Swimming |
Belly-Cresus Ganira (born 25 March 2000) is a Burundian swimmer. He competed in the men's 100m freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [1] His time of 54.33 seconds did not qualify for the semifinals. [2]
Ganira grew up in the Kinanira II neighborhood of Bujumbura. [3] He began swimming at the age of four and joined a competitive club at age 10. [3] [4]
In 2019, Ganira was awarded a grant to train at the FINA Development Centre in Dakar, Senegal for one year. [5]
Ganira broke six national records at the 2020 African Zone 2 Championships in Ghana, improving on five of his own records and breaking Billy-Scott Irakose's mark in the 50 metre freestyle event. [6]