Wessam Salamana Explained

Birth Date:	26 October 1985
Birth Place:	Al-Mushrifah, Syria^[1]
Sport:	Boxing
Event:	Bantamweight
Updated:	29 July 2012

Wessam Salamana (Arabic: وسام سلامانا) is a Syrian boxer.^[2] He is a two-time Olympic qualifier. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in his first bout in the bantamweight competition by Kanat Abutalipov.^[3]

Salamana left war-torn Syria for Germany in 2015 with his wife and children.^[4] He eventually resumed his boxing training in Voelklingen.

In June 2021, he was awarded qualification for the Tokyo Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team. He fought in the lightweight division after the elimination of the Olympic men's bantamweight division. Salamana lost his opening bout to Brazil's Wanderson de Oliveira by unanimous decision.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wessam Slamana Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sl/wessam-slamana-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
2. Web site: WESSAM SALAMANA. Asian Boxing Confederation. 13 September 2012.
3. Web site: Wessam Salamana. ESPN. 13 September 2012.
4. Web site: Olympics.com . IN THE BLUE CORNER: WESSAM SALAMANA IS FIGHTING TO REPRESENT REFUGEES EVERYWHERE AT TOKYO 2020 . Olympics.com . 28 June 2021.
5. Web site: Olympics.com . Wessam Salamana, IOC Refugee Olympic Team boxer, bows out in Tokyo 2020 opener . Olympics.com . 12 September 2021.