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Qatari rower (born 1992)

Tala Abujbara
Personal information
NationalityQatari
Born (1992-07-22) 22 July 1992 (age 32)
Alma materHEC Paris
Williams College
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in) (1.78 m)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportRowing

Tala Abujbara (Arabic: تالا أبو جبارة, also transliterated as Tala Abu-Jubara, born 22 July 1992) is a Qatari rower. She competed in the women's single sculls event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Career

Tala Abujbara learned to row while studying at Williams College, where a coach saw her potential, and she joined the team. Upon returning home to Qatar, she had nobody to pair with, so she switched to the single sculls.

In August 2018, she qualified for Repechages and ranked sixth in Palembang women’s single sculls of rowing at the 2018 Asian Games. Abujbara also represented Qatar in the summer 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She qualified for the Tokyo Olympics after reaching a time of 8:20 minutes at the Asia and Oceania Rowing Qualification Championship.

In July 2021, Abujbara took first place in the semi-final race to qualify for the E final of the Women’s Single Scull event at the Tokyo Olympics, which she won and placed on rank 25 overall.

Tala Abujbara is also graduated from HEC Paris.

Recognition

On 6 July 2021, the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) announced that Tala Abujbara was appointed the first Qatari female athlete to represent Qatar in Rowing at the Olympic Games.

On 22 July 2021, the QOC announced that Tala Abujbara, along with Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, would raise Qatar’s flag at the opening of the Tokyo Olympics. The first Olympics edition was where two athletes carried their country’s flag.

References

  1. "World Rowing - Tala ABUJBARA". World Rowing. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  2. "Tala Abujbara". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. "Rowing – Heat 5 Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Tokyo Olympics 2020: Qatar's sole female Olympic rower Tala Abujbara wants to put 'best foot forward' in Games". Firstpost. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. "Qatar's Ibrahim misses out on Asian Games wrestling bronze medal". The Peninsula. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2022. Tala Abu Jubara
  6. "Qatar athlete rows her way into 2020 Tokyo Olympics". Doha News. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. "Tala impresses in Tokyo as Elidrissi makes Games debut". The Peninsula. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  8. Qatar's Tala set to make history, targets strong show at Games
  9. "Fifteen athletes to represent Qatar at Tokyo Olympic Games". Gulf Times. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Tala Abu-Jubara
  10. "QOC launches 'We Are Team Qatar' campaign to support stars at Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Qatar Tribune. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2023. Tala Abu-Jubara
  11. "QOC launches 'We Are Team Qatar' campaign for Tokyo Olympics". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  12. "Tala Abu Jubara and Mohamed Al Rumaihi to raise Qatar's flags at Olympics Opening Ceremony". The Peninsula. 22 July 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  13. "In Qatar, the Olympic Team (Like Much Else) Is Mostly Imported". The New York Times. 6 August 2021. Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

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