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AL ADAWI Issa Samir Hamed

Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1999

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.78/5'10''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
Additional Information
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle
	Men's 100m Freestyle
	Men's 200m Freestyle

Schedule

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Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Sun, 24 Sep Followed by	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena	Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 4	Finished
Mon, 25 Sep Followed by	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena	Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 3	Finished
Wed, 27 Sep Followed by	Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Aquatic Sports Arena	Men's 200m Freestyle - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Asian Games
Heats	Men's 50m Freestyle	2018	Indonesia	24.68
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2018	Indonesia	53.06
Heats	Men's 200m Freestyle	2018	Indonesia	1:58.19
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2014	Incheon, KOR	55.81
Heats	Men's 200m Freestyle	2014	Incheon, KOR	2:02.67
Heats	Men's 400m Freestyle	2014	Incheon, KOR	4:26.11
Olympic Games
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2020	Tokyo, JPN	51.81
World Championships
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2023	Fukuoka, JPN	53.67
Heats	Men's 200m Freestyle	2023	Fukuoka, JPN	2:00.09
Heats	Men's 50m Freestyle	2019	Gwangju, KOR	24.65
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2019	Gwangju, KOR	53.81
World Championships Short Course
Heats	Men's 50m Freestyle	2022	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	23.60
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2022	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	51.05
Heats	Men's 50m Freestyle	2018	Hangzhou, CHN	23.62
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2018	Hangzhou, CHN	51.48
Heats	Men's 100m Freestyle	2021	Abu Dhabi, UAE	DNS
Heats	Men's 200m Freestyle	2021	Abu Dhabi, UAE	DNS

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Chukyo University , Nagoya, JPN

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English, Japanese

Mohamed Moez Al-Khiari [national], TUN

2012 for Oman (omanobserver, 25 Jan 2018)

He sustained a knee injury in 2013. (Athlete, 28 Sep 2014)

He began swimming at age five, and took up the sport seriously at age 12. (omanobserver, 25 Jan 2018; tokyo-np, 28 Aug 2020)

He decided to get involved in the sport after he enjoyed swimming in a hotel pool. (tokyo-np, 28 Aug 2020)

To compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (omandaily, 24 Apr 2022)

Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe, US swimmer Michael Phelps. (omanobserver, 25 Jan 2018; Athlete, 28 Sep 2014)

Philosophy:

"To give your best in everything." (Athlete, 28 Sep 2014)

In October 2021 he received the President's Award from Chukyo University in Nagoya, Japan, in honour of his participation at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tooofa, 19 Oct 2021; chukyo-u, 15 Oct 2021)

He was the flag bearer for Oman at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ooc, 25 Jul 2021)

Additional Information

General
MOVE TO JAPAN
He was born in Oman to an Omani father and a Japanese mother. In 2018 he relocated to Japan after he received a scholarship to study at Chukyo University in Nagoya in preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. After graduating in March 2022, he planned to remain in Japan to continue his education and training ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (omandaily, 24 Apr 2022, 27 Mar 2022; Instagram profile, 20 Mar 2022; muscatdaily, 20 Jun 2021; tokyo-np, 28 Aug 2020; alwatan, 14 Mar 2018; Chukyo University Swimming team Twitter profile, 17 Jun 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event