Samy Colman

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Samy Colman
Personal information
Nationality Morocco
Born (1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 26)
Caen, Normandy, France
Sport
CountryFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
Sport Show jumping

Samy Colman (born 23 April 1996) is a Moroccan equestrian. [1] [2] [3]

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Career highlights

2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

The rider qualified to represent Morocco in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics [6] and was slated to compete in showjumping events alongside Abdelkebir Ouaddar, Ghali Boukaa and Ali Ahrach. Colman had to announce his withdrawal from the 2020 Olympic Games after testing positive for COVID-19. [7] [8]

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