Salama Ismail

Salama Abdel Raouf Zenhoum Ismail (Arabic: سلامة عبد الرؤوف زينهم اسماعيل‎; born September 30, 1986) is an Egyptian former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events.[1] She currently holds three Egyptian records each in the 50, 100, and 200 m breaststroke, and plays simultaneously for Zohour Sporting Club in Cairo, and Dekalb International Training Centre (DITC) in Atlanta, Georgia.[2] She also won a total of four medals (three silver and one bronze) at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.[3][4]

Salama Ismail
Personal information
Full nameSalama Abdel Raouf Zenhoum
Ismail
National team Egypt
Born (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubZohour Sporting Club

Ismail qualified for the women's 100 m breaststroke, as Egypt's only female swimmer, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She cleared a FINA B-standard entry time of 1:11.83 from the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.[3][5] She challenged seven other swimmers in heat three, including 15-year-olds Annabelle Carey of New Zealand and Lee Ji-Young of South Korea. She raced to third place by 0.26 of a second ahead of Argentina's Javiera Salcedo, outside her entry time of 1:12.20. Ismail failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed twenty-eighth overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Salama Ismail". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  2. Mahzar, Ines (11 March 2004). "Atlanta, then Athens". Al-Ahram Weekly. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  3. "South African Girls Continue Dominance in Swimming Pool". Xinhua. China Radio International. 10 October 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. "South African Swimmers Win Three Gold Medals l". Xinhua. China Radio International. 10 October 2003. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. "Swimming – Women's 100m Breaststroke Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. "Women's 100m Breaststroke Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. Thomas, Stephen (15 August 2004). "Women's 100 Breaststroke Prelims: Aussies Hanson and Jones Qualify One-Two". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2013.


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