Africa-Press – Angola. Angola will have a referee for the first time in the Olympic Games swimming tournament, to be held from July 26th to August 11th, in Paris (France), 44 years after the debut in such an event, in Moscow in 1980.
This is international judge Kimbo Kiambata, a member of the Angolan Swimming Federation (FAN), founded in 1979.
The fact was announced this Monday to ANGOP, in Luanda, by the federative president, Joaquim Santos, in an interview to be published soon in full, where he discussed the state of the sport and the holding of the African Championship in April/May in the country.
On his professional CV, Kimbo Kiambata has already judged the World Championship, held from 23 to 30 July 2023, in Japan, in the open water specialty.
According to the FAN leader, the presence of the Angolan judge at the largest multidisciplinary world sporting event represents a historic turning point in Angolan swimming.
From 2020 to 2024 is Angola’s third appearance in world events, a mark that had previously been recorded in 24 years (from 1996 to 2020).
In 2022, at the Junior World Championship, in Lima (Peru), Angola was present with judge Maria José Aparício, in 2023 at the World Cup in Fukuoka (Japan) with the same Kimbo Kiambata, who will head to the Games stage in July Olympics.
From 1996 to 2020, national swimming was also represented in the World Championship, with the failed judge Carlos Lino, namely Rome`1996 and Barcelona`2003.
Then, in 2017, with Osvaldo Morais, in the world cup held in Budapest (Hungary).
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