United Arab Emirates at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

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United Arab Emirates at the
2015 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg
FINA codeUAE
National federation UAE Swimming Federation
Website www.uaeswimming.com
in Kazan, Russia
Competitors5 in 2 sports
Medals
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0
Silver
0
Bronze
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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.

United Arab Emirates Country in Western Asia

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.

2015 World Aquatics Championships 2015 edition of the World Aquatics Championships

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 City of republic significance in Tatarstan, Russia

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.

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Open water swimming

United Arab Emirates has qualified one swimmer to compete in the open water marathon. [1]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Abdulla Al-Balooshi Men's 5 km 1:09:39.347
Men's 10 km 2:14:43.367

Swimming

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]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mubarak Al-Besher 100 m breaststroke 1:09.0870Did not advance
Yaaqoub Al-Saadi 50 m backstroke 28.0455Did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:01.0460Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Nada Al-Bedwawi 100 m backstroke 1:35.8366Did not advance
Alia Al-Shamsi 100 m breaststroke DSQDid not advance

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References

  1. Passela, Amith (11 March 2015). "Some hope Abu Dhabi swim takes them onto Brazil". Abu Dhabi: The National . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on July 13, 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  3. "Kazan 2015 (Swimming) – Entry List by NAT". FINA. pp. 78–132. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. Khaled, Ali (29 July 2015). "Troyden Prinsloo: South African Olympian making waves in the UAE's swim culture". Abu Dhabi: The National . Retrieved 1 August 2015.