Ahmed Hussein, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Ahmed Hussein

Olympic swimmer

Date of Birth: 25-May-1983

Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Ahmed Hussein

  • Ahmed Moustafa Hussein (Arabic: ???? ????? ?????; born May 25, 1983) is an Egyptian former swimmer who specialized in backstroke events.
  • He is a two-time Olympian, and a three-time All-American swimmer for the Arizona State Sun Devils at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, where he majored in and graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Hussein made his first Egyptian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the men's 200 m backstroke.
  • Swimming in heat two, he edged out Singapore's Gary Tan to earn a fifth spot and thirty-sixth overall by 0.22 of a second in 2:06.10.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hussein extended his program by qualifying for two swimming events.
  • He claimed two gold medals from the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria, breaking an Egyptian record and meeting a FINA B-cut of 55.75 (100 m backstroke) and 2:02.45 (200 m backstroke).In the 100 m backstroke, Hussein participated in heat three against seven other swimmers, including Olympic veteran Derya Büyükuncu of Turkey.
  • He raced to sixth place and thirty-first overall by 0.52 of a second behind Buyukuncu, outside his personal best of 56.86.
  • In his second event, 200 m backstroke, Hussein matched his position from the 100-metre backstroke on the morning's preliminaries.
  • Hussein saved a seventh spot on the same heat as Sydney over South Korea's Sung Min, who finished behind him in last place by 0.04 of a second, with a time of 2:04.82.At the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain, Hussein won a total of three medals in the same discipline, a silver in the 100 (56.06) and a bronze in the 50 m backstroke (25.86).
  • In the 200 m backstroke, he lowered his own Egyptian record of 2:01.61 to claim another bronze.

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