Naomi Ruele
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Botswana |
| Born |
13 January 1997 Gaborone, Botswana |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| College team | Florida International University |
Naomi Ruele (born 13 January 1997) is a Botswana swimmer. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she ranked at #47 with a time of 26.23 seconds. She also swims for Florida International University, and has been named the 2015/16 Conference USA swimmer of the year.
Naomi Ruele was born on 13 January 1997 in Gaborone, Botswana. She attended the Maru a Pula School.
She was the first Botswanan swimmer to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games, competing at Nanjing, China, in 2014 in the girls' 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre backstroke. She finished third in the 100 metre with a new personal best time of 1:40:2. Based on her time, she did not qualify for the semi finals. She swam in the second heat of the 50 metre competition, finishing with a time of 29.86 seconds, one place outside of qualifying for the semi finals as her time was 0.02 seconds slower than the swimmer in the 16th position.
Ruele won a bronze medal competing in the 50 metre backstroke at the 2014 South African swimming championships, also placing fifth in the 100 metre backstroke. She set personal bests of 27.42 seconds and 1:01:81 in the 50 metre and 100 metre freestyle respectively. While attending Florida International University, she was named the 2015/16 Conference USA swimmer of the year after finishing in first place in the 50 metre freestyle 12 times. At the Conference USA championships, she recorded a time of 22.33 seconds in the preliminary round and set a record of 22.23 seconds in the final. She swam in a further six competitions at the championships, three individually and four as part of a relay team. She won each time, for a total of seven gold medals, setting a further two records for her University in the 100 metre freestyle and the 200 metre freestyle relay.
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