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Paul Ekane Edingue
Paul Edingue Ekane (born 23 September 1990) is a Cameroonian swimmer specializing in freestyle swimming, freestyle. He competed in the Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle, 50 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He placed sixth in his heat and thus did not qualify for the semi-finals of the event. Ekane is one of seven Cameroonian athletes who disappeared from the Olympic Village during the Olympics, sparking speculation that they would attempt to defect to the United Kingdom. References 1990 births Living people Cameroonian male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Cameroon Missing people 20th-century Cameroonian people 21st-century Cameroonian people {{Cameroon-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West Africa and Central Africa, it has been categorized as being in both camps. Its nearly 27 million people speak 250 native languages. Early inhabitants of the territory included the Sao civilisation around Lake Chad, and the Baka hunter-gatherers in the southeastern rainforest. Portuguese explorers reached the coast in the 15th century and named the area ''Rio dos Camarões'' (''Shrimp River''), which became ''Cameroon'' in English. Fulani soldiers founded the Adamawa Emirate in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |