Abdourahamane Diawara

Abdourahamane Diawara
Personal information
Full name Abdourahamane Diawara
National team  Guinea
Born (1978-09-30) 30 September 1978
Fria, Guinea
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Abdourahamane Diawara (born September 30, 1978) is a Guinean former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Diawara qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle, as Guinea's only swimmer, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, without having an entry time.[2] He challenged five other swimmers in heat one, including 16-year-old Emile Rony Bakale of Congo. He posted a lifetime best of 28.10 to save a fifth spot over Mali's David Keita by more than a second. Diawara failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-sixth overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Abdourahamane Diawara". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 50 Freestyle Prelims Day 6: Hall Splashes a Hot 22.04, Fastest Qualifier; Lezak Makes This One but Popov, Hoogie Bow Out". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
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