SALAMANA Wessam

Refugee Olympic Team

Boxing

Date of Birth: 26 Oct 1985

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Birth Country:

Syrian Arab Republic

Place of residence : SAARBRUCKEN

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Boxing	Men's Light (57-63kg)	17

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Kokugikan Arena	Men's Light (57-63kg) - Preliminaries - Round of 32 #50 EOR SALAMANA WSALAMANA Wessam 0 BRA de OLIVEIRA Wde OLIVEIRA Wanderson 5 WP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Bantam	2012	London, GBR

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Bantam	2009	Milan, ITA

Cologne Boxing World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Light Welter	2021	Cologne, GER

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Tourism Institute, Damascus, SYR

Family:

Two children

Languages spoken:

Arabic, German

Club name:

Boxclub 82 Volklingen [Germany]

Coach:

Heiko Staack [personal]

Other sports:

He competes in kickboxing and has finished runner-up at the German national championships. (tokyo2020.org, 06 Jan 2021)

Start:

He began boxing at age 15 in the Syrian Arab Republic. (wochenspiegelonline.de, 24 Jun 2021)

Reason:

"I wanted to win an Olympic medal at some point. That was always my dream." (wochenspiegelonline.de, 24 Jun 2021)

Ambition:

To win a medal at the Olympic Games. (wochenspiegelonline.de, 24 Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"I'll always be an athlete, I'll always be a boxer, despite the obstacles." (tokyo2020.org, 06 Jan 2021)

General Interest

Olympic qualifying results
In 2021 he was nominated by the International Olympic Committee [IOC] as a participant in the refugee team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (wochenspiegelonline.de, 24 Jun 2021)

General
MOVE TO GERMANY
He represented the Syrian Arab Republic in boxing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, exiting the competition after losing in the round of 32. He left the Syrian Arab Republic and moved to Germany in 2015. "In 2011 the uprising came here to Syria, and at the beginning everything was okay, but a year later everything was very bad. There was a war, there were a lot of bombs and you couldn't live there. That's why I made the decision that we would have to flee." (wochenspiegelonline.de, 24 Jun 2021; tokyo2020.org, 06 Jan 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
WP:: Win on Points

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