Bayan Jumah
 Bayan Jumah in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  SYR |
| Born | April 13, 1994 Aleppo, Syria |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Bayan Jumah (Arabic: بيان جمعة) is a Syrian swimmer from Aleppo.[1]
Career
In August 2008, she withdrew from a heat in the 50 meter freestyle in which she would have faced Olympian Anya Gostomelsky, refusing to swim alongside an Israeli.[2][3] Gostomelsky set a new Israeli national record in the race.[2] Asked what her reaction was, Gostomelsky said: "I didn't notice that the lane was empty. That's her problem."[2][4][5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 40th place overall out of 48 swimmers in the first round heats, failing to qualify for the second round.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Bayan Jumah". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "Gostomelsky breaks Israeli record in 50m freestyle," The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Never Forgotten," Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "They’ve got spirit? No they don’t! When countries refuse to compete against Israel in the Olympics," Jewish Telegraphic Agency.
- ^ "Another Israeli Record-Breaker, Another Political Sore Loser," The Forward.
- ^ "Swimming at the 2012 London Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Freestyle," Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
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