Salama Ismail Explained

Salama Ismail
Fullname:	Salama Abdel Raouf Zenhoum Ismail
Strokes:	Breaststroke
Club:	Zohour Sporting Club
Birth Date:	30 September 1986
Birth Place:	Cairo, Egypt
Height:	1.740NaN0
Weight:	630NaN0
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Salama Abdel Raouf Zenhoum Ismail (Arabic: سلامة عبد الرؤوف زينهم اسماعيل; born September 30, 1986) is an Egyptian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.^[1] She currently holds three Egyptian records each in the 50, 100, and 200 m breaststroke, and plays simultaneously for Zohour Sporting Club in Cairo, and Dekalb International Training Centre (DITC) in Atlanta, Georgia.^[2] She also won a total of four medals (three silver and one bronze) at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.^{[3] [4]}

Ismail qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke, as Egypt's only female swimmer, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:11.83 from the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.^{[3] [5]} She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 15-year-olds Annabelle Carey of New Zealand and Lee Ji-Young of South Korea. She raced to third place by 0.26 of a second ahead of Argentina's Javiera Salcedo, outside her entry time of 1:12.20. Ismail failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Salama Ismail. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418121658/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/is/salama-ismail-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 5 May 2013.
2. News: Mahzar . Ines . Atlanta, then Athens . . 11 March 2004 . 5 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090911040327/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/681/sp6.htm . 11 September 2009 .
3. News: South African Girls Continue Dominance in Swimming Pool. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222130601/http://english.cri.cn/144/2003-10-10/[e-mail]. dead. December 22, 2015. Xinhua. China Radio International. 10 October 2003. 5 May 2013.
4. News: South African Swimmers Win Three Gold Medals l. https://web.archive.org/web/20151222113806/http://english.cri.cn/144/2003-10-12/[e-mail]. dead. December 22, 2015. Xinhua. China Radio International. 10 October 2003. 5 May 2013.
5. Web site: Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
6. Web site: Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
7. News: Thomas . Stephen . Women’s 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two . . 15 August 2004 . 19 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060703013421/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7809.asp . 3 July 2006 .