Zahra Pinto

Zahra Pinto (born November 14, 1993) is a Malawian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Pinto represented Malawi at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she swam in the second heat of the women's 50 m freestyle event. She finished the race in third place, with a time of 32.53 seconds. Pinto, however, failed to advance into the semi-finals, as she placed eighty-second in the overall rankings.[2]

She currently is studying towards a Bachelor of Commerce at Rhodes University, South Africa.

Pinto is the president of Malsoc (Malawi Society) for the year of 2016 at Rhodes University.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Zahra Pinto". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  2. ↑ "Women's 50m Freestyle – Heat 2". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
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