Fatimah Suwaed

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Fatimah Suwaed
Personal information
Nationality Iraqi
Born (2007-03-03) 3 March 2007 (age 18)
Baghdad, Iraq
Sport
Sport Paralympic athletics
Disability Cerebral palsy
Disability class T35
Event Sprints
Medal record
Paralympic athletics
Representing Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq
Asian Para Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 100 m T35
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Hangzhou 200 m T35

Fatimah Suwaed (born 3 March 2007) is an Iraqi Paralympic athlete. She made her Paralympic debut during the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [1]

Career

She represented Iraq at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and competed in both women's 100m T35 and women's 200m T35 events. [2] [3] Competing at the age of 14, she became the youngest ever athlete from Iraq to compete at the Paralympics. [4]

References

  1. "Athletics: Fatimah Suwaed". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Athletics - Women's 100m - T35 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  3. "Athletics - Women's 200m - T35 Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  4. "Iraq aim to repeat Rio 2016 performances". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee . Retrieved 27 August 2021.