| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed |
| National team | Iraq |
| Born | (1976-10-25)25 October 1976 (age 49) Baghdad, Iraq |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed (Arabic:محمد عبد الإله أحمد; born October 25, 1976, inBaghdad) is an Iraqi former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Ahmed competed forIraq in themen's 50 m freestyle at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney. He received a ticket fromFINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 25.50.[2] He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including teenagersKhalid Al-Kulaibi of Oman (aged 14) andSikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong of Laos (aged 17). Diving in with a 0.66-second deficit, he overhauled a 26-second barrier and came up with a spectacular swim to pick up a third seed in 25.84, 34-hundredths of a second below his entry standard. Ahmed failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fourth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.[3][4]
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