Rad Aweisat
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rad Aweisat |
| National team |
 Palestine |
| Born | 27 October 1986 |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
Rad Aweisat (Arabic: رعد عويسات; born October 27, 1986) is a Palestinian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] Aweisat qualified for the men's 100 m butterfly, as Palestine's youngest athlete (aged 17), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He received a Universality place from FINA as part of his Olympic Solidarity program, without meeting an entry time.[2][3] He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Luis Matias of Angola and Fernando Medrano of Nicaragua. He rounded out a small field of three to last place with a slowest time of 1:01.60, nearly 11 seconds off the world record set by U.S. swimmer Ian Crocker.[3] Aweisat failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Rad Aweisat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- 1 2 Korte, Tim (19 August 2004). "Dos más a Atenas" [New York mayor kicks off publicity push]. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
- ↑ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 11 April 2013.