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Pamela Girimbabazi Rugabira born January 10 1985 is an Olympic swimmer from Rwanda. She swam for Rwanda at the 2000 2004 and 2008 Olympics; and was the country’s flagbearer in 2008. During that time she never had a formal swim lesson or regular coach. She was disqualified during the Sydney Games due to technical rules that she was unaware of and subsequently taught herself the rules by consulting the Internet.