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Syrian swimmer
Saleh Mohammad
Personal information
Full nameSaleh Mohammad
National team Syria
Born (1986-04-27) 27 April 1986 (age 38)
Damascus, Syria
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesOpen water
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Syria
Asian Beach Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Bali 5 km open
Gold medal – first place 2008 Bali 10 km open
Gold medal – first place 2010 Muscat 5 km open
Silver medal – second place 2010 Muscat 10 km open

Saleh Mohammad (Arabic: صالح محمد; born April 27, 1986) is a Syrian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon. He represented his Syria in the inaugural 10 km race at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has also won a career total of four medals (three golds and one silver) in a major international open water competition, spanning two editions of the Asian Beach Games (2008 and 2010).

Mohammad competed as a lone open water swimmer for Syria in the inaugural men's 10 km marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he finished with a twenty-third place time of 1:54:45.5, but managed to pick up the continental spot as Asia's representative at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain. Farther from the leaders by about ten body lengths, Mohammad nearly pulled from the end of the field to claim the nineteenth spot out of twenty-four entrants in 1:54:37.7, two minutes and forty-six seconds (2:46) behind eventual gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Saleh Mohammad". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  2. "Syria's Saleh Mohammad wins first Games gold". Chinese Olympic Committee. 9 December 2010. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. "Asian Beach Games star leads Syria swim team". Olympic Council of Asia. 18 May 2011. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  4. Munatones, Steven (4 May 2008). "FINA World Open Water Championships: Russia Revisited, Hackett Disqualification Report". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. "Syrian swimmer qualified for Beijing Olympic Games". Chinese Olympic Committee. 5 May 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  6. "Swimming: Men's Marathon 10km". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.

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