Khaled Ghezzawi Explained

Khaled Ghezzawi
Fullname:	Khaled Ghezzawi
Strokes:	Freestyle
Birth Date:	9 May 1987
Height:	1.70NaN0
Weight:	690NaN0
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Khaled Ghezzawi (Arabic: خالد الغزاوي; born May 9, 1987) is a Libyan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] Ghezzawi 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 27.00.^[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 16-year-old Chris Hackel of Mauritius. He raced to sixth place in 27.55, just 0.55 of a second off his entry time. Ghezzawi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-first overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Khaled Ghezzawi. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418112932/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gh/khaled-ghezzawi-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 8 May 2013.
2. Web site: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
3. Web site: Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 3. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
4. News: Thomas . Stephen . Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out . . 19 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029204025/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7897.asp . 29 October 2013 .