Faisal Al-Mahmeed

Faisal Al-Mahmeed

Personal information
Full name	Faisal Al-Mahmeed
National team	Kuwait
Born	(1983-11-03) 3 November 1983 (age 41) Kuwait City, Kuwait
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke

Faisal Al-Mahmeed (born November 3, 1983) is a Kuwaiti former swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events. ^[1] Al-Mahmeed competed only in the men's 100 m backstroke at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He achieved a FINA B-cut of 58.65 from the Asian Championships in Busan, South Korea. ^[2] Swimming in heat one, he pulled away from Micronesia's Welbert Samuel to pick up a sixth seed in a time of 1:05.17, a 6.5-second deficit outside his entry standard. Al-Mahmeed failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fiftieth overall in the prelims. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Faisal Al-Mahmeed". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
2. "Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
3. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 100m Backstroke Heat 1" (PDF). Sydney 2000 . LA84 Foundation. p. 274. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
4. "Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM". Canoe.ca. 17 September 2000. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

External links

• Faisal Al-Mahmeed at World Aquatics
• Faisal Al-Mahmeed at Olympedia