Dr. Rania Elwani (; born 14 October 1977) is an Egyptian Olympic and former African Record holding swimmer. She swam for Egypt at 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics. Education She attended and swam for the USA's Southern Methodist University from 1997 to 1999. She later obtained a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from Misr University for Science and Technology in 2004, and a Master of Obstetrics and Gynaecology from Ain Shams University in 2014. She also had a Sports Management Diploma from the International Centre for Sports Studies, Switzerland in September 2009, and a Healthcare and Hospital Management Diploma from the American University in Cairo in 2015. Career In 2004, she became a member of the International Olympic Committee. In 2010, she became a member of the Athlete Committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). She is a member of the 'Champions for Peace' club, a group of more than 90 famous elite created by Peace and Sport, a Monaco-based international organization placed under the High Patronage of H.S.H Prince Albert II. This group of top level champions, wish to make sport a tool for dialogue and social cohesion. Awards Order of Merit of First Class for Sports Egypt's Athlete of the year: 1991–1998 Arab Athlete of the Games, Jordan: 1999 The Arab Sports Federations Order of Merit for Sport: 1997 The Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Award for Sports Excellence: 2014 The International Fairplay Award, Italy: 2010 source: References 1977 births Sportspeople from Giza Egyptian female swimmers Egyptian obstetricians and gynaecologists Living people Olympic swimmers of Egypt International Olympic Committee members World Anti-Doping Agency members Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics African Games gold medalists for Egypt African Games medalists in swimming African Games bronze medalists for Egypt Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Egypt Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games SMU Mustangs women's swimmers Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming Competitors at the 1999 All-Africa Games Southern Methodist University alumni Ain Shams University alumni 20th-century Egyptian women