Husnah Kukundakwe (born 25 March 2007) is a Ugandan swimmer who is currently the country's only classified paralympic swimmer. Her first appearance at the World Championships in London was mentioned among the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC’s) Top 10 Moments of 2019. Background and education Kukundakwe was born in 2007 in Rubaga Hospital to Hashima Batamuriza and Ahmed Asiimwe. She has a congenital limb impairment that left her with no right lower arm. She attended Lyna Daycare and Nursery School and as of 2019, she was residing in Kampala and was a pupil at Apollo Kaggwa Primary School in Mengo, a Kampala suburb. Participation in swimming Kukundakwe begun swimming at the age of five and is a member of Gators Swim Club Kampala. Locally she participated in the 2017 DSTV swimming gala challenge in 2017 at Greenhill Academy, Kampala. Kukundakwe participated in the 2018 Korea Paralympic Youth Camp where she won gold in the 100m breaststroke. As of May 2019, Kukundakwe was competing in the S9 (freestyle, butterfly and backstroke), SB8 (breaststroke) and SM9 (Individual Medley) which were reviewed at the World Para Swimming World Series 2019 in Singapore. She recorded three personal best times in the 100m breaststroke (1:57.8), 100m freestyle (1:30.43) and 50m freestyle (40.24). From this event, she qualified and was Uganda's sole representative at the London 2019 World Para Swimming Allianz Championships. At this event she bettered her times in the 50m (38.14) and 100m (1:24.85) freestyle events. 2021 she represented Uganda at 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo Japan and recorded her personal best (PB) in 100m Breaststroke 2022 she represented Uganda at Lignano Sabbiadoro World Series and earned Uganda its first International Para Swimming medals in 100m Butterfly and 100m Breaststroke She also represented Uganda at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham from 28th July to 8th August 2022 as its sole Para Swimmer Still, in 2022 she participated at the Konya 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Turkey and raised Uganda's flag higher by winning 6 medals. 2 Gold, 3 silver and Bronze in Para Swimming events See also 2019 World Para Swimming Championships Prossy Tusabe Tofiri Kibuuka External links World Para Swimming Dolphins Swim Club Kampala Uganda Paralympic Committee Husna Kukundakwe on the Olympic Channel References 2007 births Sportspeople from Kampala Living people Paralympic swimmers of Uganda Ugandan female swimmers Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Uganda 21st-century Ugandan women