Emile Bakale

{{Short description|Swimmer from Republic of the Congo}}

{{Infobox swimmer|

| name= Emile-Rony Bakale

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| fullname = Emile Rony Bakale

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| nationality = {{flag|Congo}}

| strokes = Backstroke

| club = TuksSwimming (South Africa)

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|6}}

| birth_place = Timișoara Romania

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| height = 1 m 88

| weight = 85 kg

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Emile-Rony Bakale (born 6 October 1987 in Timișoara) is a Romanian-born Republic of the Congo swimmer specializing in freestyle.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120718072752/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bakale-emile-1025467/ London 2012 profile] He swam for the Congo at the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/rony-bakale-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417163439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/rony-bakale-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Rony Bakale Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-03}} 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.