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Yazan Al-Bawwab

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Yazan Al Bawwab
Personal information
NationalityPalestinian and Italian
Born (1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 25)
Saudi Arabia
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Palestine
Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Algeria 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2023 Algeria 100 m backstroke

Yazan Al Bawwab (Arabic: يزان البواب; born 30 October 1999) is a Palestinian swimmer. He was born in Saudi Arabia, and is half Italian; he has both Palestinian and Italian citizenship, and lives in Canada. He competed in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and qualified to compete in the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Early and personal life

Al-Bawwab was born in Saudi Arabia, and is half Italian.[1] He grew up in Dubai in the United Emirates, and holds both Palestinian and Italian citizenship.[2] Al-Bawwab is an engineering alumni Carleton University in Ottawa.[2][3] He is currently living in Ottawa, Canada.[2]

Swimming career

Al-Bawwab was one of five Palestinians who represented Palestine in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in 2021. He competed in the men's 100 meter freestyle, coming in 66th out of 71 swimmers, at the Tokyo Aquatics Center.[4]

As of 2021 he held the Palestinian record in both the 50 and 100 metre freestyle events.[2] He is also the Arab champion in the 50 and 100 backstroke after winning both events at Arab Games 2023.[citation needed]

He was selected to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the 100m backstroke.[5]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ a b c d Sauvageau, Flavie (12 July 2021). "Un membre de l'équipe olympique palestinienne de natation s'entraîne à Trois-Rivières". Radio Canada (in Canadian French). Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Swimming: AL BAWWAB Yazan". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-26. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ [3]


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