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'''Bader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana''' ({{lang-ar|بدر عبد الرحمن المهنا}}; born November 15, 1988) is a Saudi Arabian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Bader Al-Muhana|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/bader-al-muhana-1.html|21 December 2012}}</ref> A lone swimmer at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and a graduate of King Faisal School in his hometown Riyadh, Al-Muhana swam for the [[Indiana Hoosiers]] throughout most of his college career, while pursuing international business studies at [[Indiana University]] in [[Bloomington, Indiana]].
'''Bader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana''' ({{lang-ar|بدر عبد الرحمن المهنا}}; born November 15, 1988) is a Saudi Arabian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.<ref>{{cite sports-reference|Bader Al-Muhana|http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/al/bader-al-muhana-1.html|21 December 2012}}</ref> A lone swimmer at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] and a graduate of King Faisal School in his hometown Riyadh, Al-Muhana swam for the [[Indiana Hoosiers]] throughout most of his college career, while pursuing international business studies at [[Indiana University]] in [[Bloomington, Indiana]].


Al-Muhana was invited by [[FINA]] to compete for [[Saudi Arabia]] in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|men's 100 m butterfly]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Razan|last=Baker|title=Swimmer Al-Muhana to make debut in Olympics|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/313898|publisher=[[Arab News]]|date=18 July 2008|accessdate=22 March 2016}}</ref> Swimming on the outside in heat two, Al-Muhana put up an effort from the start to tie for fifth with Egypt's [[Ahmed Nada]] in a matching 55.59. Al-Muhana failed to advance to the semi-finals, as he placed sixty-first overall with Nada in the prelims.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM021900/index.html|work=[[Beijing 2008]]|publisher=[[NBC Olympics]]|accessdate=21 December 2012}}</ref>
Al-Muhana was invited by [[FINA]] to compete for [[Saudi Arabia]] in the [[Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly|men's 100 m butterfly]] at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]]<ref>{{cite news|first=Razan|last=Baker|title=Swimmer Al-Muhana to make debut in Olympics|url=http://www.arabnews.com/node/313898|publisher=[[Arab News]]|date=18 July 2008|accessdate=22 March 2016}}</ref> Swimming on the outside in heat two, Al-Muhana put up an effort from the start to tie for fifth with Egypt's [[Ahmed Nada]] in a matching 55.59. Al-Muhana failed to advance to the semi-finals, as he placed sixty-first overall with Nada in the prelims.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2 |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM021900/index.html |work=[[Beijing 2008]] |publisher=[[NBC Olympics]] |accessdate=21 December 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120821063129/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc=SWM021900/index.html |archivedate=21 August 2012 |df= }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Bader Al-Muhana
Personal information
Full nameBader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana
National team Saudi Arabia
Born (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988 (age 35)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
College teamIndiana University (U.S.)

Bader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana (Arabic: بدر عبد الرحمن المهنا; born November 15, 1988) is a Saudi Arabian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] A lone swimmer at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a graduate of King Faisal School in his hometown Riyadh, Al-Muhana swam for the Indiana Hoosiers throughout most of his college career, while pursuing international business studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Al-Muhana was invited by FINA to compete for Saudi Arabia in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing[2] Swimming on the outside in heat two, Al-Muhana put up an effort from the start to tie for fifth with Egypt's Ahmed Nada in a matching 55.59. Al-Muhana failed to advance to the semi-finals, as he placed sixty-first overall with Nada in the prelims.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bader Al-Muhana". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  2. ^ Baker, Razan (18 July 2008). "Swimmer Al-Muhana to make debut in Olympics". Arab News. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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