Adam Girard de Langlade Mpali


Adam Girard de Langlade Mpali is a Gabonese swimmer who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Adam Girard de Langlade Mpali was born on 29 May 2002 and has a sister, fellow competitive swimmer Aya Mpali. In 2011, when Mpali was 9, his family went on a boating trip to Point Denis but the boat began sinking and the family had to swim for miles; Aya and Adam survived the three-hour swim but their parents did not make it.

Career

Mpali competed at the 2019 African Games and 2019 World Swimming Championships with his sister; he went out in the heats at both events. He lives in France and competed for Gabon at the 2020 Olympic Games. He qualified for the Olympics at the 2019 World Championships, though placed 128th overall.