Raouf Benabid

Raouf Benabid
Personal information
Full name Raouf Benabid
National team  Algeria
Born (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Individual medley

Raouf Benabid (Arabic: رؤوف بن عبيد; born August 3, 1985) is an Algerian former swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[1] Benabid qualified for the men's 200 m individual medley at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by clearing a FINA B-standard entry time of 2:07.04 from the EDF Swimming Open in Paris.[2] He edged out Andorra's Hocine Haciane to lead the second heat by 0.14 of a second in 2:06.34. Benabid failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirty-fifth overall in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. "Raouf Benabid". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. "Swimming – Men's 200m Individual Medley Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  3. "Men's 200m Individual Medley Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. Thomas, Stephen (18 August 2004). "Men's 200 Individual Medley, Day 5 Prelims: Laszlo Cseh Clocks Swift 1:59.50, Leads Michael Phelps into Semis". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013.


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