Samar Nassar
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Samar Nassar (born 16 February 1978) is a swimmer from Jordan. She was born in Lebanon, and competed for Palestine at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and for Jordan at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1] She was the first woman to represent Palestine at the Olympics.[2] Nassar also served as CEO of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Local Organizing Committee that handled Jordan's hosting of the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Samar Nassar". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ "First female competitors at the Olympics by country". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. ^ "World Cup to boost Jordan's women's football pioneers". FIFA. 15 December 2015. Archived from the original on 11 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.


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