United Arab Emirates at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships | |
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FINA code | UAE |
National federation | UAE Swimming Federation |
Website | www |
in Kazan, Russia | |
Competitors | 5 in 2 sports |
Medals |
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World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
United Arab Emirates competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
The United Arab Emirates, sometimes simply called the Emirates, is a country in Western Asia at the southeast end of the Arabian Peninsula on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman to the east and Saudi Arabia to the south and west, as well as sharing maritime borders with Qatar to the west and Iran to the north. The sovereign constitutional monarchy is a federation of seven emirates consisting of Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Umm Al Quwain. Their boundaries are complex, with numerous enclaves within the various emirates. Each emirate is governed by a ruler; together, they jointly form the Federal Supreme Council. One of the rulers serves as the President of the United Arab Emirates. In 2013, the UAE's population was 9.2 million, of which 1.4 million are Emirati citizens and 7.8 million are expatriates.
The 16th FINA World Championships, also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia hosted this event for the first time. The number of participating national teams (190), athletes (2,400) and the number of medals (75) were the most ever amongst these championships. This was the first time the World Aquatics Championships partially overlaps with the FINA World Masters Championships that have a number of athletes, countries (110) and medals (635) which are the most ever also.
Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,243,500, it is the sixth most populous city in Russia.
United Arab Emirates has qualified one swimmer to compete in the open water marathon. [1]
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Abdulla Al-Balooshi | Men's 5 km | 1:09:39.3 | 47 |
Men's 10 km | 2:14:43.3 | 67 |
Emirati swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): [2] [3] [4]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Mubarak Al-Besher | 100 m breaststroke | 1:09.08 | 70 | Did not advance | |||
Yaaqoub Al-Saadi | 50 m backstroke | 28.04 | 55 | Did not advance | |||
100 m backstroke | 1:01.04 | 60 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Nada Al-Bedwawi | 100 m backstroke | 1:35.83 | 66 | Did not advance | |||
Alia Al-Shamsi | 100 m breaststroke | DSQ | Did not advance |
United Arab Emirates competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July and 4 August 2013.
United Arab Emirates competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, from 5 to 21 August 2016. This was the nation's ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics.
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