Khalid Rushaka
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Khalid Rushaka
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Khalid Yahya Rushaka was the first Tanzanian to participate in the Olympics as a swimmer. His countrymen know Rushaka as the "Tanzanian Dolphin," for his legendary abilities in the water. "The remarkable story of how he learnt to swim and rose to fame is legendary. His father, Yahya Rushaka, was one of the sole survivors of the Mv Bukoba ferry disaster on Lake Victoria in 1996 that claimed a thousand lives. It was his father who encouraged Khalid to learn to swim from the stories he used to tell
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Tanzanian swimmer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Rushaka
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2023-05-25T13:38:05Z
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