Eric Moussambani

Eric Moussambani Malonga, nicknamed Eric the Eel by the media, is a swimmer from Equatorial Guinea who gained brief international fame at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He had never seen an Olympic-sized 50 metre pool before, and he swam his heat of the 100 metre freestyle in 1:52.72, by far the slowest time in Olympic history, yet he won the heat because both of his competitors were disqualified for false starts. He set a personal best and a national record there and later lowered his national record to 57 seconds, and in 2006 he reached a personal best of 52.18 in Germany. He later became coach of the national swimming squad of Equatorial Guinea. He was born on 31 May 1978.