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(Redirected from Omar Abu-Fares) Jordanian swimmer (born 1984)
Omar Abu Fares
Personal information
Full nameOmar Abu Fares
National team Jordan
Born (1984-08-16) 16 August 1984 (age 40)
Amman, Jordan
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, medley

Omar Abu Fares (Arabic: عمر ابو فارس; born 16 August 1984) is a Jordanian former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events.

Abu Fares made his Olympic debut, as a 16-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 200 m individual medley. He rounded out the first heat to last place and fifty-sixth overall with a slowest time of 2:21.22.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Abu Fares qualified for his second Jordanian squad in the men's 100 m backstroke by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an invitation time of 1:00.34. Abu Fares still maintained his record for being one of the slowest swimmers from the preliminaries, as he finished the same heat in a time of 1:02.36.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Omar Abu Fares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 307. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men's 100 Backstroke Prelims: Japan's Morita Surprises with Fastest Time; Americans Cruise Through". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.


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