Farida Osman

At the 3rd FINA FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, held in Lima, Peru, Osman was one of the biggest surprised at the competition. In a world junior championship record time of 26.69, she became the world junior champion in the 50m butterfly, placing Egypt 11th on the medalists charts, the highest rank any African or Arab nation has reached in a long time.[11] In the 100m butterfly, Osman placed 15th with a time of 1:02.18.[12]

At the 13th FINA 2009 World Aquatic Championships, held in Roma, Italy, Osman was among the youngest swimmers at the competition. She placed 66th in the 50m Freestyle, clocking 26.77.[13] She also placed 50th in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 27.78,[14] making her the fastest swimmer in the world for her age group. Moreover, she placed 87th in the 100m free (59.45)[15] and 64th in the 100m butterfly (1.03.21).[16]

Shortly after the world championships, Osman went to Mauritius to represent Egypt at the 8th Junior African Championship. She placed 1st in the 50m freestyle, setting a new Junior African record with a time of 26.36.[17] Similarly, in the 50m Butterfly, her strongest event, she broke another Junior African record with a time of 27.60.[18] Dominating in the sprinting events, Osman also won the gold medal in the 50m backstroke with a record time of 31.04.[19] In her remaining events, Osman won the silver medal in the 100m butterfly with a time of 1:03.16, finishing second to South Africa's Vanessa Mohr. In both the 100m freestyle and 100m backstroke, Osman finished 3rd place.[20]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, Osman represented Egypt in the 50m freestyle event beside her teammate Shehab Younis. Osman finished 42nd with a time of 26.34.[21]

Osman competed in four events at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain. On the first day, Osman competed in the 100m butterfly, finishing 24th with a time of 59.85s.[22] On the fifth day of competition, she swam the 100m freestyle while finishing 40th with a 56.84s.[23] On the sixth day of competition, Osman finished 11th in the heats of her signature event, 50m butterfly, while advancing to the semi-finals and finishing with a new African Record of 26.12s.[24] Osman is the first Egyptian to qualify for a final at the World Aquatics Championships in Egyptian history. On 3 August 2013, Osman finished 7th in the women's 50m butterfly final with a time of 26.17s respectively for Egypt.[25] This is the best ranking ever by an Egyptian pool swimmer in a major international competition.

At the 2017 FINA World Championships, Osman competed for Egypt and won the bronze model in the 50m butterfly event with the new African record of 25.39s.[26] In the 50m freestyle event, she also set a new African record at 24.62s, which gave her the 9th place.[27]

At the 2017 NCAA championships, Osman won first place in 100 Yard butterfly. She also won first place in the 200 Yard freestyle relay and the 200 Yard medley relay, which she anchored both. She won third place in the 400 Yard freestyle relay.

At the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, Osman competed for Egypt in four events and won three medals, two gold and one silver.[28] In the 50m freestyle, Osman won the gold medal with the new Mediterranean Game record of 24.83s.[29] Osman won the gold medal in the 50m butterfly, with the new Mediterranean Game record of 25.48s.[30] In the 100m butterfly, Osman won the silver medal with a time of 58.51s.[31] In the 100m freestyle, Osman qualified but did not compete in the finals. She was the fourth most successful individual athlete at the Games.[32]