Zeïna Sahelí’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Olympic swimmer
Is Athlete
Swimmer
From Senegal
Type Sports
Gender female
Birth

13 September 1983

Age 37 years
Star sign Virgo

Zeïna Sahelí (born September 13, 1983) is a Senegalese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Saheli competed for Senegal in the women’s 100 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 1:07.33. She challenged seven other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-olds Maria Awori of Kenya Nathalie Lee Baw of Mauritius. Storming from sixth at the final turn, Saheli held off a sprint battle from Uganda’s Supra Singhal to hit the wall by 0.78 seconds in 1:07.37. Saheli failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed fifty-first overall in the prelims.

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