Stany Kempompo Ngangola

Stany Kempompo Ngangola (born 8 January 1974), is a swimmer and electrical engineer^{[citation needed]} from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

He represented his country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Due to a misprint in his personal best time, he was rumoured by the international media to be a potential successor to "Eric the Eel" – a spectacular underperformer. He was prematurely nicknamed "Stany the Snail", until he actually swam and the media conceded that he "wasn't too bad".^[1] Kempompo finished last in the 50 metre freestyle event, with a time of 35.19.^{[citation needed]}

He was also nicknamed "Stany the Stingray" in the Danish, Argentinian, British, Canadian, New Zealand and Australian press.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}