Atuhaire Ambala

Atuhaire Ambala
Personal information
Born (2001-04-26) 26 April 2001
Sport
SportSwimming

Atuhaire Ogola Ambala (born 26 April 2001)[1][2]is a Ugandan competitive swimmer.[3] He has represented Uganda at multiple major international competitions, such as the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.[1] He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle and men's 100 metre freestyle events.[4] He also competed in the 4 × 100 metre mixed freestyle relay. He also represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Atuhaire was named Uganda's Best Male Swimmer in 2019 by the Uganda Swimming Federation.[5][4]

Early life and background

Ambala was born on 26 April 2001.[1][2]

He is associated with the Dolphins Swim Club,[6] one of Uganda's premier competitive swim teams. He has competed internationally and nationally from a young age, and has emerged as one of the best male swimmers in Uganda.[7][1]

International career

In 2018, Ambala competed in several events at the African Swimming Championships held in Algiers, Algeria, gaining experience against top continental swimmers.

He represented Uganda at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. He competed in the men's 50 metre freestyle events, and also participated in the 4 * 100 metre mixed freestyle relay. His performance included times of 24.69 seconds in the 50m and 53.89 seconds in the 100m freestyle, both marking competitive entries for Uganda at the global level.

In 2019, he competed in the men's 100 metre butterfly event at the African Games held in Rabat, Morocco.[8][4]

He represented Uganda at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7] He competed in the men's 100 metre freestyle.[4] During the Olympic heats, he finished seventh in his heat, with a time of 54.23 seconds, ending 63rd overall out of 70 swimmers and narrowly missing advancement to the semifinals. This marked Uganda's return to the men's 100 m freestyle event at the Olympics - the first such attempt since 1984.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Swimming – Entry list" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Uganda at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics: Atuhaire Ambala Ogola | Swimming". MTN Sports. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  3. ^ "Swimming - AMBALA Atuhaire Ogola". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  4. ^ a b c d "Olympedia – Atuhaire Ambala". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  5. ^ "Olympics: Ugandan swimmer falls short in Men’s 100m Freestyle". Sports Ocean Uganda. 2021-07-27. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
  6. ^ "Dolphins Swim Club |". Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  7. ^ a b "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Swimming Results Book" (PDF). 2019 African Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.