ALIREZA Husein

Date of Birth: 27 Aug 1993

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: LONDON

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : JEDDAH

Residence Country:

Saudi Arabia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Single Sculls	24

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Heat 4 #4	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Repechage 3 #28	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Quarterfinal 1 #67	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Semifinal C/D 1 #77	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Single Sculls Final D #122	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Asian Games

Year	Location	1x
2018	Indonesia	9

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Usain Boat [given to him by his crewmates at university]. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

Travelling, reading, volunteering. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

Occupation:

University of Edinburgh, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

Hughes Hall Boat Club [GBR] / Tideway Scullers [GBR]

Bill Barry [national], GBR

Other sports:

He has competed in squash at national level in England. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

He sustained fractured ribs and a collapsed lung in May 2021. He had not fully recovered when he competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021; arabnews.com, 04 Jun 2021)

He began rowing in October 2016, at age 23, while studying at the University of Cambridge in England. (hughes.cam.ac.uk, 08 Jun 2021; Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

"It started off as a social activity, to fill the time between all my work [studies] but it quickly turned into a passion as time went on." (Twitter profile, 12 Jul 2021)

To win medals at the Asian championships and the Asian Games, and to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

Reaching the single sculls quarterfinals at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

His father Ali Alireza, British rower and coach Bill Barry. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

His mother Salma Dajani. (Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

Philosophy:

"Mental focus is vital. And the way to stay focused is to remember why you're doing it. Remember the goal. I'm making history." (charterhouse.org.uk, 08 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
RAPID RISE
Having only begun rowing in late 2016, he soon set himself the goal of competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I adapted to the sport quite quickly and was encouraged by my coach at the time to look into international representation. Just before graduating I sent an email to the top rowing clubs in London [England] describing my height, my weight and my current scores which were awful at the time and asked the simple question, 'Do you think it is possible to go from where I am here, today to qualify for the Olympics in four years?'." He contacted the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee in August 2017 and went on to compete at the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. "They too were supportive and loved the fact that I was introducing new sports to the region. I was entered [for the 2018 Asian Games] and when I got there the magnitude hit me. My competitors were Olympians. Seeing the Saudi flag flying for the first time in a rowing event I just thought, 'What are you doing here?'" (Twitter profile, 12 Jul 2021; hughes.cam.ac.uk, 08 Jun 2021; charterhouse.org.uk, 08 Jun 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has studied for a master's degree in entrepreneurship at the University of Cambridge in England. (hiamag.com, 10 Jun 2021; Athlete, 03 Aug 2021)

Milestones

He became the first rower to represent Saudi Arabia at the Olympic Games when he competed in the men's single sculls at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Aug 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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