Belly-Cresus Ganira
Personal information
Born (2000-03-25) March 25, 2000
Sport
CountryBurundi
SportSwimming

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]

Early years

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]

Career

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Swimming - GANIRA Belly-Cresus". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  2. ↑ "Swimming - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
  3. 1 2 Nsengiyumva, Clairia (16 August 2021). "Interview avec le champion national dans la natation, Belly-Cresus GANIRA". Zen Planet Magazine (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Koos, Torin (16 June 2022). "Let's get to know some of the FINA Scholarship awardees competing at the 19th FINA World Championships". FINA. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Habonimana, Fleurette (31 October 2019). "Natation: Belly Cresus Ganira, champion national reçoit une bourse d'entrainement au Sénégal". akeza.net (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  6. ↑ Habonimana, Fleurette (11 March 2020). "Depuis le Sénégal, le jeune nageur Belly Cresus Ganira réalise 6 records nationaux". akeza.net (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2022.


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