Omar Abu Fares

Omar Abu Fares
Personal information
Full name Omar Abu Fares
National team  Jordan
Born (1984-08-16) 16 August 1984
Amman, Jordan
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Backstroke, medley

Omar Abu Fares (Arabic: عمر ابو فارس‎; born August 16, 1984) is a Jordanian former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke and individual medley events.[1]

Abu Fares made his Olympic debut, as a 16-year-old teen, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 200 m individual medley. He rounded out the first heat to last place and fifty-sixth overall with a slowest time of 2:21.22.[2]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Abu Fares qualified for his second Jordanian squad in the men's 100 m backstroke by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an invitation time of 1:00.34.[3] Abu Fares still maintained his record for being one of the slowest swimmers from the preliminaries, as he finished the same heat in a time of 1:02.36.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Omar Abu Fares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 307. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men's 100 Backstroke Prelims: Japan's Morita Surprises with Fastest Time; Americans Cruise Through". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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