{{Short description|Gabonese swimmer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{update|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Adam Mpali | fullname = Adam Girard de Langlade Mpali | image = | caption = | nationality = Gabonese | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=y|2002|5|29}} | birth_place = | height = | weight = | country = Gabon | sport = Swimming | event = Men's 50m freestyle | club = | coach = | olympics = Competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. }}
'''Adam Girard de Langlade Mpali''' (born 29 May 2002) 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.<ref name=Aya>{{cite web |title=Swimming GIRARD de LANGLADE MPALI Aya |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1290655-girard-de-langlade-mpali-aya.htm |access-date=2021-07-26 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726205222/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1290655-girard-de-langlade-mpali-aya.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Swimming GIRARD de LANGLADE MPALI Adam |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1290664-girard-de-langlade-mpali-adam.htm |access-date=2021-07-26 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726205223/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1290664-girard-de-langlade-mpali-adam.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref> He qualified for the Olympics at the 2019 World Championships,<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-02-07 |title=Adam-Girard De Langlade Mpali : "Battre le record du Gabon à Tokyo " |url=https://www.union.sonapresse.com/gabon-sport/adam-girard-de-langlade-mpali-battre-le-record-du-gabon-tokyo-23962 |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=L'Union |language=fr}}</ref> though placed 128th overall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Natation - Adam Mpali (Gabon) |url=https://www.les-sports.info/adam-mpali-natation-spf610094.html |access-date=2021-07-26 |website=Les Sports}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{FINA|1184183|Adam Mpali}} * {{Olympedia|142946|Adam Mpali}} * {{Olympics.com|adam-girard-de-langlade-mpali|Adam Girard de Langlade Mpali}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Girard de Langlade Mpali, Aya}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Gabonese male swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers for Gabon Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:21st-century Gabonese sportsmen Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Swimmers at the 2019 African Games Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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