Gilbert Kaburu
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gilbert Kaburu |
| National team |
 Uganda |
| Born |
8 November 1981 Kampala, Uganda |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Gilbert Kaburu (born November 8, 1981) is a Ugandan former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] He represented his nation Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing himself among the top 85 swimmers in the 50 m freestyle.
Kaburu was invited by FINA to compete as a 26-year-old swimmer for the Ugandan team in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Swimming on the outside in heat four, he raced to seventh in a splash-and-dash finish with a time of 27.72 seconds, but placed further in eighty-second overall out of ninety-seven entrants at the end of the evening prelims.[2]
Shortly after the Olympics, Kaburu announced his retirement from swimming career, to continue his education at TCNJ’s Graduate Global Programs in Johannesburg, South Africa.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Gilbert Kaburu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ↑ "Swimming: Men's 50m Freestyle – Heat 4". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ Gola, Mark (10 November 2008). "TCNJ Student Swims in Summer Olympics". TCNJ Magazine. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
- ↑ "Ugandan swimmer Kaburu to retire after Beijing Olympics". Xinhua. 29 July 2008. Retrieved 5 December 2012.