| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1974-01-08) January 8, 1974 (age 50) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
Stany Kempompo Ngangola (born 8 January 1974), is a swimmer and electrical engineer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to a misprint in his personal best time, he was rumoured by the international media to be a potential successor to "Eric the Eel" – a spectacular underperformer. He was prematurely nicknamed "Stany the Snail", until he actually swam and the media conceded that he "wasn't too bad". Kempompo finished last in the 50 metre freestyle event, with a time of 35.19.
He was also nicknamed "Stany the Stingray" in the Danish, Argentinian, British, Canadian, New Zealand and Australian press.
External links
- Biography on the official website of the Beijing Olympics
Notes
- "Olympics: Stany was no Snail, much to our disappointment", The Guardian, August 14, 2008
- "Mød Stany the Stingray" Archived 2008-08-18 at the Wayback Machine, Ekstra Bladet, August 15, 2008
- "En Sydney fue Mussambani; en Pekín, el congoleño Ngangola", La Nacion, August 15, 2008
- "Move over Eddie the Eagle and éric the Eel" Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine, The Gazette, August 15, 2008
- Moloney, John-Paul (August 14, 2008). "Stany the stingray". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- "'The Snail' takes up where 'The Eel' left off", The Independent, August 15, 2008
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