Nooran Ba Matraf

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Nooran Ba Matraf
Personal information
Born (1999-11-25) November 25, 1999 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
ClubStingrays Swimming

Nooran Bamatraf (born November 25, 1999) is a US-born Yemeni swimmer. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 100 metre butterfly event, the only female swimmer representing Yemen. [1] Her time of 1:11.16 in the heats did not qualify her for the semifinals. She represented Yemen again at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women's 100 metre breaststroke. [2] She studied Kinesiology at DePauw University [3] and swims under Tracy Menzel as well as swimming for Stingrays Swimming, swimming under coaches Ian Goss and Michael Söderlund. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Brundige, Ian S. (2018-09-12). "Nuna Bamatraf: Olympian Swimmer". The DePauw. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Nooran Ahmed Ali Ba Matraf". Olympics.com. 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  3. ↑ "DePauw University Congratulates Nooran Bamatraf on May graduation". depauw.meritpages.com. Retrieved 2022-10-01.
  4. ↑ "Nooran Ahmed Ali Ba Matraf". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Women's 100m Butterfly - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on September 22, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.


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