AL ADAWI Issa Samir Hamed

Oman

Swimming

Date of Birth: 20 Mar 1999

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Olympic Scholarship

Birth Country:

Oman

Place of residence : JAPAN

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 100m Freestyle

Schedule

Change

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

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (24.65)	H (53.81)

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free
2018	Indonesia	H (24.68)	H (53.06)	H (1:58.19)

Pan Pacific Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free
2018	Tokyo, JPN	H (24.58)	H (53.25)	H (1:58.67)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	100Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (23.62)	H (51.48)

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

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Chukyo University , Nagoya, JPN

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English, Japanese

Club name:

Chukyo University [Nagoya, JPN]

Coach:

Kenta Kusanagi [club], JPN

Debut:

2012 for Oman (omanobserver.om, 25 Jan 2018)

Injuries:

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

Start:

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

Reason:

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

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (omanobserver.om, 25 Jan 2018)

Hero:

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

Philosophy:

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

General Interest

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 preparation for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I will be happy if I can participate in the Olympics held in the country where my mother was born. I'm looking forward to it." (tokyo-np.co.jp, 28 Aug 2020; alwatan.com, 14 Mar 2018; muscatdaily.com, 20 Jun 2021; Chukyo University Swimming team Twitter profile, 17 Jun 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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