Mohamed Monir (swimmer)

Mohamed El-Zanaty Monir (Arabic: محمد منير ش الزناتى‎; born February 1, 1984 in Giza) is an Egyptian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.[1] He represented his nation Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed a bronze medal in the 25 km open water race (5:19:23.23) at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.[2][3]

Mohamed Monir
Personal information
Full nameMohamed El-Zanaty Monir
Nationality Egypt
Born (1984-02-01) 1 February 1984
Giza, Egypt
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesOpen water
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Egypt
World Championships
2007 Melbourne25 km open water

Mohammad competed as a lone open water swimmer for Egypt in the inaugural men's 10 km marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he finished with a nineteenth place time of 1:54:36.4, but managed to pick up the continental spot as Africa's representative at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain.[4] Farther from the leaders by about ten body lengths, Monir nearly pulled from the end of the field to claim the twentieth spot out of twenty-four entrants in 1:55:17.0, three minutes and twenty-five seconds (3:25) behind eventual gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mohamed Monir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  2. "Russia's Yury Kudinov Claims Men's 25K Gold at Worlds; Russia Wins Top Team Honors in Open Water". Swimming World Magazine. 24 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  3. "Egypt's unsung Olympic heroes". Daily News Egypt. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
  4. Munatones, Steven (4 May 2008). "FINA World Open Water Championships: Russia Revisited, Hackett Disqualification Report". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  5. "Swimming: Men's Marathon 10km". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.


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