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‘I used to be a very shy guy’: What Sydney Olympics cult hero Eric the Eel did next – Sydney Morning Herald
Eric Moussambani became one of the Sydney Olympics’ most famous athletes by battling to swim 100m. But, within a few years, the swimmer from Equatorial Guinea had made dramatic progress.
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Here’s an Eric the Eel fact that will blow your mind. In the six years after Equatorial Guinea’s most famous swimmer almost sank in the 100 metre freestyle at the Sydney Olympics, Eric Moussambani got better. A lot better.
In fact, it’s fair to say Eric the Eel became the real deal.
At an invitational swimming meeting in Germany in 2006, Moussambani says he clocked a 52.18 for the 100m; more than 60 seconds better than his infamous 1:52.72 …
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