Mohamed Saad (swimmer)

Mohamed Saad
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Saad
National team  Yemen
Born (1981-01-12) 12 January 1981
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Mohamed Saad (Arabic: محمد سعد; born January 12, 1981) is a Yemeni former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Saad qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 29.82.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-old Malique Williams of Antigua and Barbuda. He raced to fifth place in 29.97, just 0.15 of a second off his entry time. Saad failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed eightieth overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. "Mohamed Saad". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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