Dawood Youssef

Dawood Youssef
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Born (1985-09-10) September 10, 1985 (age 39)
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SportSwimming

Dawood Youssef Mohamed Jassim (Arabic: داود يوسف محمد جاسم; born September 10, 1985) is a Bahraini swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Youssef represented Bahrain at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.

Youssef competed only in the men's 100 m freestyle, as a 15-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a Universality place from FINA, without meeting an entry time.[2] He challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including fellow 15-year-old Ragi Edde of Lebanon. He rounded out the field to last place in a personal best of 1:02.45, nearly a nine-second deficit from leader Gregory Arkhurst of Côte d'Ivoire. Youssef failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventieth overall in the prelims.[3][4]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dawood Youssef". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 113. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Wide-open race in the men's 100 free". Canoe.ca. 18 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)