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| Full name | Hakimuddin Shabbir Habibulla | ||||||||||||||
| National team |  India | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 September 1979 Bangalore, India | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
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Hakimuddin Shabbir Habibulla (born 25 September 1979) is an Indian former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. [1] He represented India at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Habibulla competed only in the men's 200 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [2] He received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 1:56.11. [3] He challenged four other swimmers in heat one, including Uzbekistan's two-time Olympian Oleg Tsvetkovskiy. Coming from third at the first turn, Habibulla finished the race to a fourth seed in a time of 1:58.35, finishing behind the leader Tsvetskovskiy by 3.42 seconds. [4] Habibulla failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed 50th overall in the prelims. [5] [6]
Habibulla was co-founder of GoSports India Pvt. Ltd., a sports management company based in Bangalore, which works towards development of young talent in Olympic sports. He was also the Founder Trustee of the GoSports Foundation. [7] [8] [9]
Habibulla is currently the founder and principal consultant for sports performance at Winning Matters Consulting Pvt. Ltd., a sports consulting firm. [10] [11]
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