Salama Ismail
Personal information
Full nameSalama Abdel Raouf Zenhoum
Ismail
National team Egypt
Born (1986-09-30) 30 September 1986 (age 37)
Cairo, Egypt
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubZohour Sporting Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Egypt
All-Africa Games
Silver medal – second place 2003 Abuja 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2003 Abuja 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2003 Abuja 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Abuja 50 m breaststroke

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]

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. ^ a b "South African Girls Continue Dominance in Swimming Pool". Xinhua. China Radio International. 10 October 2003. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  4. ^ "South African Swimmers Win Three Gold Medals l". Xinhua. China Radio International. 10 October 2003. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. 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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