Saleh Mohammad (swimmer) explained
| Saleh Mohammad |
| Fullname: | Saleh Mohammad |
| Strokes: | Open water |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Damascus, Syria |
| Height: | 1.70NaN0 |
| Weight: | 550NaN0 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Saleh Mohammad (Arabic: صالح محمد; born April 27, 1986) is a Syrian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.[1] He represented his Syria in the inaugural 10 km race at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has also won a career total of four medals (three golds and one silver) in a major international open water competition, spanning two editions of the Asian Beach Games (2008 and 2010).[2] [3]
Mohammad competed as a lone open water swimmer for Syria in the inaugural men's 10 km marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he finished with a twenty-third place time of 1:54:45.5, but managed to pick up the continental spot as Asia's representative at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain.[4] [5] Farther from the leaders by about ten body lengths, Mohammad nearly pulled from the end of the field to claim the nineteenth spot out of twenty-four entrants in 1:54:37.7, two minutes and forty-six seconds (2:46) behind eventual gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.[6]
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Notes and References
- Saleh Mohammad. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418123812/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/saleh-mohammad-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 5 January 2013.
- News: Syria's Saleh Mohammad wins first Games gold. Chinese Olympic Committee. 9 December 2010. 5 January 2013.
- News: Asian Beach Games star leads Syria swim team. Olympic Council of Asia. 18 May 2011. 5 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140222011208/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea3+NyqY2rt5PQ. 22 February 2014. dead.
- News: Munatones . Steven . FINA World Open Water Championships: Russia Revisited, Hackett Disqualification Report . . 4 May 2008 . 5 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120829144647/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17998.asp . 29 August 2012 .
- News: Syrian swimmer qualified for Beijing Olympic Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020031447/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/05/content_8106081.htm. dead. 20 October 2012. Chinese Olympic Committee. 5 May 2008. 5 January 2013.
- Web site: Swimming: Men's Marathon 10km . . . 5 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120817163420/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWM119100/index.html . 17 August 2012 .
