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Bunturabie Jalloh

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Bunturabie Jalloh
Personal information
NationalitySierra Leonean
Born (1998-05-10) 10 May 1998 (age 26)
Bo, Sierra Leone
Weight79 kg (174 lb)[2]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
CoachBobson Mansaray (national)[1]

Bunturabie Effuah Rashida Jalloh (born 10 May 1998) is a Sierra Leonean swimmer.

Biography

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Jalloh was born in Bo in 1998 in southern Sierra Leone. She grew up in Freetown. She attended the Bilingual High School Murray Town.[3]

Jalloh went to the 2015 All Africa Games in Brazzaville. She won two bronze medals as part of a team at the 5th Africa Zone two (2) championship in Senegal at both the 4x100 and 4x200 freestyle relays.[3]

She placed 88th in the 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics with a time of 39.85 seconds, setting a national record.[2][4] She did not advance to the semifinals. She was the flagbearer for Sierra Leone during the opening ceremony.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Bunturabie Jalloh[permanent dead link]. nbcolympics.com
  2. ^ a b "Bunturabie Jalloh". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b Sierra Leone Sports: Bunturabie Jalloh chosen as Sierra Leone’s Olympic flag-bearer Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Awoko.org, Retrieved 18 September 2016
  4. ^ "Swimming Results Book". 2016 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  5. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for  Sierra Leone
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Succeeded by