ARAKJI Nada

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Fly
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	-	H (1:18.86)
2012	London, GBR	H (30.89)	-

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	200Free	100Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (31.57)	H (1:12.91)	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	-	H (2:30.40)	H (1:17.30)

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

Athlete

Business Administration - Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar

Arabic, English

Her father Mohammed Wafa Arakji played football for the Qatar national team. (NOC, 29 Jul 2012; iloveqatar.net, 06 Jun 2016; khaleejesque.me, 01 Aug 2018)

2011 (evosportsqatar.com, 2020)

She took up swimming at age four at the Tidal Waves club in Doha, Qatar. (sg.sports.yahoo.com, 30 Mar 2012; dohastadiumplusqatar.com, 20 Jul 2016; evosportsqatar.com, 18 Oct 2018)

Her father encouraged her to try sports. She tried many sports including basketball, ballet and netball before choosing swimming. "I come from a sporty background. My father was a football player, he played for the national team. He was very encouraging in terms of pursuing my dreams and doing sports. I felt the most connection with swimming. Everything else felt ok but it didn't feel right. But when I started swimming I felt yes this is for me." (sportsfeatures.com, 17 Feb 2013; qatarsportstanmiya.org, 11 Feb 2015; evosportsqatar.com, 18 Oct 2018; iloveqatar.net, 06 Jun 2016)

"Be the best you can be, enjoy the process, and you will achieve excellence. Never give up the challenge, and before you know it, your dreams will turn to reality." (evosportsqatar.com, 18 Oct 2018)

She was named an International Olympic Committee Inspirational Young Change-Maker for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (evosportsqatar.com, 2020)