AL-YAMANI Mokhtar

Yemen

Swimming

Date of Birth: 12 May 1997

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.80/5'10''

Place of birth: NEW YORK, NY

Birth Country:

United States of America

Place of residence : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

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

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 200m Freestyle - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (51.16)	H (1:50.18)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (51.19)	H (1:49.87)

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	400Free
2018	Indonesia	H (23.80)	H (51.51)	H (1:51.14)	H (3:57.61)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (23.10)	H (49.55)	H (1:47.78)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Hobbies:

Watching movies, working on cars. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Analyst, Athlete, Student

Education:

International Studies - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English, Japanese

Club name:

Club Wolverine [Ann Arbor, MI, USA]

Coach:

Josh White [club], USA; Mike Bottom [club, national], USA

Start:

He began swimming at age three in Japan. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Reason:

He almost drowned in the ocean so his parents enrolled him in swimming lessons. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Becoming the first swimmer to represent Yemen in two events at the Olympic Games when he competes at Tokyo 2020. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021)

Influence:

Danish swimmer Anders Lie Nielsen. (Athlete, 17 Aug 2018)

Award:

In 2019 he received a University of Michigan Athletic Academic Achievement award. (mgoblue.com, 01 May 2019)

General Interest

General
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Born in New York, NY, United States of America, to a Yemeni father and Japanese mother, he was raised in Tokyo, Japan, where he studied at St Mary's International School, before moving to the United States of America to study at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 2015. (mgoblue.com, 21 Mar 2018; Michigan Men's Swimming and Diving Facebook page, 09 Feb 2017)

FURTHER STUDIES
After graduating from the University of Michigan with a bachelor's degree in international relations and national security studies in 2019, he continued his studies there, starting a master's degree in management in 2020. (Athlete, 21 Jul 2021; LinkedIn profile, 17 Jul 2021)

OCCUPATION
He works as a strategy analyst at the American Advertising Federation. (LinkedIn profile, 17 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

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

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