QALI Abbas

Olympic Games

Year	Location	100Fly
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (54.63)

World Championships

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly	4x100Medley M
2019	Gwangju, KOR	H (24.91)	H (54.67)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	-	H (54.35)	H (3:50.75)

Asian Games

Year	Location	50Fly	100Fly
2018	Indonesia	H (24.87)	H (DNS)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	50Fly
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (24.43)

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, Coach

Exercise Science, Human Movement Studies - University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

Arabic, English

Simone Testasecca [national], ITA

His brother Salman Qali competed in swimming at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. He also represented Kuwait in the sport at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru. (SportsDeskOnline, 17 Aug 2018; oissg.org, 15 Oct 2010)

He began swimming at age eight. (stepfeed.com, 20 Jul 2016)

He was encouraged to try the sport by his older brother. (stepfeed.com, 20 Jul 2016)

"It's not about the destination, it's about the ride." (Facebook profile, 25 Jan 2018)