Hiba Omar

Hiba Omar
Omar as the only Syrian athlete carried the flag
Born (1990-06-22) June 22, 1990[1]
Quneitra
Residence Damascus
Nationality Syria
Occupation athlete
Known for representing Syria

Hiba Omar (born 22 June 1990) is a Syrian athlete who competes in the discus and the shot put.

Life

Omar was born in Quneitra which is near both Israel and Palestine in the Golan Heights.[2]

She was inspired by Ghada Shouaa who won a medal in Atlanta at the Olympics in 1996.[3]

She is one of five athletes who train Damascus which includes high jumper Majededdin Ghazal. At the Asian Athletics competition in 2017 she was sole athlete from her worn-torn country. She carried the flag and photos of this drew media attention. She gave guarded interviews to foreign journalists after her manager was assured that the purpose of the interviews was not political.[3] Hiba refused to answer questions about politics and assured the press that she had every facility for training in Syria.[2]

She threw 13.69 metre in the shot put in Thailand in 2012 and she made a discus throw of 48.27 metres in Baku in 2017.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/syria/hiba-omar-208796
  2. 1 2 "Cocktail of politics, sport - Bangalore Mirror -". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  3. 1 2 "In war-torn Syria, hopes slowly getting the better of despair". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-03-17.


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