Omar Abu Fares
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Omar Abu Fares |
| National team |
 Jordan |
| Born |
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
- ↑ "Omar Abu Fares". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 307. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Men's 100 Backstroke Prelims: Japan's Morita Surprises with Fastest Time; Americans Cruise Through". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 23 April 2013.