Ibrahim Al Hussein (born 23 September 1988) is a Syrian Paralympic swimmer who represented the Independent Paralympic Athletes Team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and resides in Greece.[2]
 Al Hussein at the 2024 Summer Paralympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 23 September 1988 (age 36) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Greece |
| Sport | Paralympic swimming |
| Disability class | S9 |
| Event(s) | 50 m, 100 m freestyle[1] |
Career
editHe competed in the S9 50 m and 100 m freestyle events[1] and served as a flag bearer at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Parade of Nations. He is a co-recipient of the 2016 Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award.[3]
In June 2021, Ibrahim Al Hussein was chosen with four men and a woman to represent refugees at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. The six will be led by the Chef de Mission Ileana Rodriguez who was previously a parathlete swimmer for the US in 2012.[4] The other five are the Syrian refugee club thrower Alia Issa who also lives in Athens, the Burundian refugee Parfait Hakizimana, the American-based Afghan refugee swimmer Abbas Karimi, the German-based Syrian refugee canoeist Anas Al Khalifa, and American based Iranian refugee discus thrower Shahrad Nasajpour.[4]
References
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- ^ a b Ibrahim Al Hussein Archived 26 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ Refugee Team: 'A dream come true'. Bbc.co.uk (7 September 2016).
- ^ Swimmer Ibrahim Al Hussein Named Winner of Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award. Swimming World Magazine (15 September 2016).
- ^ a b Refugees, United Nations High Commissioner for. "IPC announces six athletes to compete for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". UNHCR. Retrieved 30 June 2021.