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| Full name | Mohammad Abbas Karimi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1997 (age 26–27) Kabul, Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Classifications | S5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mohammad Abbas Karimi (Dari: محمد عباس کریمی; born 1997)[1] is a swimmer, who came second in the S5 50 meter butterfly event at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships, making him the first refugee athlete to win a medal at that competition. He came eighth in the 50 meter butterfly S5 event for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
In 2021, Karimi obtained US citzenship and started to compete for the USA team. He was part of the US team that won the medley relay event at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. He has won national championship events in Afghanistan, Turkey and the US. Karimi competed for the US team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, and was part of the US team that came second in the Mixed 4×50 m freestyle relay 20 pts event.