![]() Felicity Passon (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Felicity Elizabeth Passon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Seychellois | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 July 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Felicity Elizabeth Passon (born 11 July 1999) is a Seychellois swimmer. [1] She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. [2] She represented Seychelles at the 2019 African Games, winning two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal, [3] [4] and qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. [5]
Felicity Passon completed a 15-kilometre swim challenge in April 2021 to raise funds for mental health awareness and support. It took her 4 hours 6 minutes to swim from La Digue to Praslin, Seychelles third and second most populated islands, and then back to La Digue. [6]
She competes at the collegiate level for the University of Arizona. [7]
In March 2024 Felicity Passon was crowned Seychelles' Sportswoman of the Year 2023. [8]