Muhammad Ahmed (swimmer)
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed |
| National team |
 Iraq |
| Born |
25 October 1976 Baghdad, Iraq |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed (Arabic: محمد عبد الإله أحمد; born October 25, 1976 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Ahmed competed for Iraq in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 25.50.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including teenagers Khalid Al-Kulaibi of Oman (aged 14) and Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong of Laos (aged 17). Diving in with a 0.66-second deficit, he overhauled a 26-second barrier and came up with a spectacular swim to pick up a third seed in 25.84, 34-hundredths of a second below his entry standard. Ahmed failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fourth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Muhammad Ahmed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.