Walid Doumiati

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Walid Doumiati
No. 8Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut
Position Point guard
League Lebanese Basketball League
Personal information
BornJuly 16, 1968 [1]
Beirut, Lebanon [1]
NationalityLebanese/American
Listed height1.79 [1]  m (5 ft 10 in)
Listed weight76 [1]  kg (168 lb)
Career information
Playing career1989–2002
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Shanghai Team

Walid Mahmoud El Doumiati (born July 16, 1968 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a retired Lebanese professional basketball player who last played for Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. Doumiati alongside Elie Mechantaf and Fadi El Khatib helped build the sport of basketball in Lebanon since the draft of Lebanese NBA player Rony Seikaly. Walid was committed to Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut leading the team to successive titles, despite being held back by archrivals Hekmeh BC during the 1990s. Walid was also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team during its first ever appearance in the 2002 FIBA World Championship [1] in Indianapolis after earning a silver medal at the 2001 ABC Championship.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Walid Mahmoud El Domiati". FIBA Archive. Archived from the original on October 8, 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2015.