Felicity Elizabeth Passon (born 11 July 1999) is a Seychellois swimmer. She competed in the women's 50-metre freestyle at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

. She represented Seychelles at the 2019 African Games, winning two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal, and qualified for the

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Felicity Passon completed a 15-kilometre swim challenge in April 2021 to raise funds for mental health awareness and support. It took her 4 hours 6 minutes to swim from La Digue to Praslin, Seychelles' third and second most populated islands, and then back to La Digue. She competed at the collegiate level for the

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in 2021. In March 2024, Felicity Passon was crowned Seychelles' Sportswoman of the Year 2023. The next year, in July 2024, the Seychelles Aquatic Federation announced her retirement from professional swimming.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Passon, Felicity 1999 births Living people Seychellois female swimmers Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 2019 African Games African Games gold medalists for Seychelles African Games silver medalists for Seychelles African Games bronze medalists for Seychelles Seychellois female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Seychelles Arizona Wildcats women's swimmers SMU Mustangs women's swimmers Expatriate swimmers in the United States African Games bronze medalists in swimming African Games silver medalists in swimming African Games gold medalists in swimming