Mohammed Abbas (swimmer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Olympic swimmer
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Place of Birth: Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
About Mohammed Abbas (swimmer)
- Mohammed Abbas Sabih (Arabic: ???? ???? ?????; born February 28, 1978) is a former Iraqi swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.
- He is considered one of Iraq's most promising swimmers, having competed at the Olympics under Saddam Hussein's dictatorship.
- As part of his preparations, he was trained for the University of British Columbia Dolphins Swim Club in Canada, under his personal coach Wasfi Loti.Abba qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 58.24.
- He set an Iraqi record of 56.81 to lead the first heat against six other swimmers, including 34-year-old Mumtaz Ahmed of Pakistan.
- Abbas failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-third overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.During the Olympics, Abbas also admitted that he shared friendships with Canada's Mike Mintenko, ever since he trained for the UBC Dolphins.
- He told him stories of how Iraqi athletes trained inside the basement of a sports centre, as a resemblance of a "17-cell prison", and how they were tortured by Uday Hussein for not performing well.Abbas now works as a lifeguard and swim instructor for the City of Surrey.
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