Emile Bakale

Emile-Rony Bakale is a Romanian-born Republic of the Congo swimmer specializing in freestyle. He swam for the Congo at the 2004 [Summer">Republic of the Congo at the 2004 Summer Olympics">2004 [Summer Olympics|2004], 2008 Summer Olympics|2008] and Republic of the Congo at the [2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Olympics]. He was the Congo's flagbearer in 2004.
He also swam at almost all the World Swimming Championships between 2000 and 2015 and the All-Africa Games between 1999 and 2015. Bakale is an engineer in Robotics. His elder sister Monika also swam for the Congo.