KHALAFALLA Ali

Egypt

Swimming

Date of Birth: 13 May 1996

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Place of birth: CAIRO

Birth Country:

Egypt

Place of residence : TUSCALOOSA, AL

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Men's 50m Freestyle
	Men's 100m Freestyle

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 100m Freestyle - Heat 5	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Men's 50m Freestyle - Heat 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	50Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (22.25)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	4x100Free M	4x100Medley M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	SF (21.98)	H (49.22)	H (DSQ)	H (3:39.03)
2017	Budapest, HUN	H (22.23)	-	H (3:18.23)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (22.88)	H (50.84)	H (3:20.59)	-

African Games

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Back	50Fly	4x100Free M	4x100Free X	4x100Medley M	4x100Medley X
2019	Casablanca, MAR	1st (22.17)	2nd (49.81)	6th (26.88)	2nd (23.88)	2nd (3:21.83)	2nd (3:34.31)	2nd (3:42.10)	2nd

African Championships

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Back	100Back	50Fly	4x100Free M	4x100Free X	4x100Medley M
2018	Algiers, ALG	1st (22.51)	2nd (49.89)	4th (26.89)	3rd (56.70)	2nd (24.10)	1st (3:21.61)	1st (3:36.94)	1st (3:42.87)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Free	100Free	50Fly
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	SF (21.39)	H (48.17)	H (24.22)

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:

Analyst, Athlete

Education:

Management - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA

Languages spoken:

Arabic, English

Club name:

Al Ahly Swimming Club [EGY] / Mission Viejo Nadadores [USA]

Start:

He took up swimming at age six at Al Ahly Swimming Club in Egypt, and competed in his first national level competition five years later. (alykhalafalla.com, 19 Jan 2020; indystar.com, 09 Aug 2016)

Reason:

He was influenced to pursue sports by his father Ahmed who had wanted to become a professional footballer. "It was more like he just wanted me to do what he couldn't do so he can feel proud that he didn't miss something." (idsnews.com, 26 Jan 2017)

Ambition:

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (kooora.com, 19 Jan 2020)

Memorable:

Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (yallakora.com, 27 Jul 2019)

Philosophy:

"In order to succeed in life there has to be some difficulties to overcome." (forkunion.com, 22 Mar 2016)

General Interest

General
STUDYING IN USA
Born in Cairo, Egypt, in 2011 he moved to the United States of America to go to high school at Fork Union Military Academy in Virginia. After graduating high school in 2014 he joined Indiana University and graduated in 2019. "I benefited a lot from travelling at a young age to the United States. It helped me learn, rely on myself, and deal with many personalities that might be difficult for me to approach in the past. I aim to share the experience with Egyptian athletes that diligence leads to success, in one way or another. In general, a system must be put in place [in Egypt] for athletes to enable them to combine sports and education. This is why Egyptian swimmers are often put in a dilemma of choosing between education and sport." (yallakora.com, 27 Jul 2019; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 27 May 2014)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/ali.bezra96
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/alikhalafalla.ak
https://instagram.com/alikhalafalla.ak
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alikhalafalla
https://twitter.com/alikhalafallaAK
Athlete Website: https://alykhalafalla.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJdivk5RFhgSHpArmnXdkwg

Legend

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

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