BA MATRAF Nooran

Yemen

Swimming

Date of Birth: 25 Nov 1999

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.65/5'4''

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 100m Breaststroke

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Fly
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (1:11.16)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Back	100Back	100Breast	200Breast	100Fly	200IndMed
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (33.99)	-	H (1:26.30)	-	-	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	H (1:12.38)	-	-	-	H (2:37.21)
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	-	H (3:07.78)	H (1:14.43)	-

Asian Games

Year	Location	200Breast	200IndMed
2018	Indonesia	H (2:53.11)	H (2:34.18)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Breast	100IndMed
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:17.08)	H (1:08.53)

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

Nickname:

Nuna (thedepauw.com. 11 Sep 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Exercise Science, Kinesiology - DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, USA

Languages spoken:

English

Club name:

DePauw University [Greencastle, IN, USA]

Coach:

Tracy Menzel [club]

Start:

She swam in her first competition at age five for Stingrays Swimming, a club in Marietta, GA, United States of America. (thedepauw.com. 11 Sep 2018)

Ambition:

Outside of sport, she plans to take a gap year before attending graduate school to pursue a doctorate of physical therapy. (depauw.edu, 13 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
HERITAGE
She grew up in Georgia, United States of America, and is a dual US and Yemeni citizen. She is eligible to compete for Yemen through her father, Ahmed. "My mum met my dad in Yemen. She's American. They got married in Yemen, and they moved back when my mum was pregnant with me." (thedepauw.com. 11 Sep 2018; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2021; eastcobber.com, 10 Aug 2016)

OCCUPATION
Alongside her studies at DePauw University in Greencastle, IN, United States of America, she is a lifeguard at the university. She has also held coaching roles at DePauw and other swimming clubs. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Apr 2021)

Milestones

She became the first female swimmer to represent Yemen at the Olympic Games when she competed in the 100m butterfly at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Jul 2021; eastcobber.com, 10 Aug 2016)

Social Media

https://instagram.com/nunabamatraf
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nunabamatraf
Twitter Profile 2: https://twitter.com/nunabamatraf

Legend

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

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