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Gloria Muzito

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Gloria Muzito
Personal information
Birth nameGloria Anna Muzito
National team Sweden
 Uganda
Born (2002-11-29) 29 November 2002 (age 21)
Sundsvall, Sweden
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
Butterfly
ClubDolphins Swim Club, Uganda
Sundsvall Simsällskap, Sweden
College teamFlorida State Seminoles
CoachJoseph Kaboggoza (Uganda national team)
Muzafaru Muwanguzi(Uganda national team)
Neal Studd(Florida State Seminoles)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Uganda
African Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Accra 100 m freestyle
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Luanda 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Luanda 50 m freestyle
Representing  Sweden
European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gyor Girls' 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gyor 4x100 mixed freestyle relay

Gloria Anna Muzito (sometimes referred to as Anna Gloria Muzito or Gloria A. Muzito, born 29 November 2002) is a Ugandan-Swedish swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 2023 African Games in the 100m freestyle and thereby setting a national record.[1][2]

Background and education

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After relocating to Sweden, Muzito studied at Hedbergska Skolan Sundsvall as well as the Sundsvall Gymnasium.[3]

She has been named to a number of Atlantic Coast Conference honours, such as the All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll between 2021–2022.[4] In late 2022, she was one of the student-athlete recipients of the 2022 Go Teach Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway to help further her career in education.[5] As of March 2024, Muzito is a student at Florida State University, where she studies sports management.[4]

Swimming career

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On a national level, Muzito represents Uganda.[6] She represented Uganda at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.[7][8]

Muzito also represented Sweden between 2014 and 2022 and was a part of the Swedish national junior swim team notably participating at the 2016 European Junior Swimming Championships and the 2017 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival where alongside Robin Hanson, she was able to win a bronze medal in the mixed relay.[9][10]

She is also a part of the Florida State University's swim team under its sport collective, the Florida State Seminoles.[3] Muzito was part of the Dolphins Swim Club in Kampala as well as Sundsvall Simsällskap in Sweden.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Muzito moondlights Olympic case". Monitor. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. ^ Mababzi, Grace Lindsay (10 March 2024). "Gloria Anna Muzito Secures Bronze in 100m Freestyle at All Africa Games". NBS Sport. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Gloria Muzito - 2023-24 - Women's Swimming and Diving". Florida State University. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. ^ a b SwimSwam (2 December 2022). "FSU's Gloria Muzito Wins Scholarship for ACC's Future Educators". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  5. ^ "ACC and CFP Foundation to Recognize Outstanding Teachers and Fund Classroom Projects". theacc.com. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  6. ^ "The Uganda Swimming Federation". www.ugandaswimming.org. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Muzito wins 100m freestyle heat at the World Championships". New Vision. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Noles Set for World Championships in Doha". Florida State University. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  9. ^ Hecht, Hannah (18 April 2016). "Swedish Swimming Fed Releases Team List For European Junior Champs". SwimSwam. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Gloria Muzito redo för stort internationellt mästerskap: "Kul att få representera sitt land"". Sundsvalls Tidning (in Swedish). 19 July 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Dolphins Swim Club | Gloria Muzito". Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flag bearer for  Uganda
Paris 2024
with
Charles Kagimu 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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