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Samar Nassar (born 16 February 1978) is a swimmer from Jordan. She was born in Lebanon, and competed for Palestine at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and for Jordan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [1] She was the first woman to represent Palestine at the Olympics. [2]

Nassar also served as CEO of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Local Organizing Committee that handled Jordan's hosting of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [3]

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References

  1. "Samar Nassar". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. "World Cup to boost Jordan's women's football pioneers". FIFA. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.