Personal information | |
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Full name | Gilbert Kaburu |
National team | Uganda |
Born | (1981-11-08) 8 November 1981 (age 42) 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]