Ahmad Al-Kudmani ( ar, احمد صفوان القضماني; born August 18, 1979) is a Saudi Arabian former

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a two-time Olympian and a multiple-time medalist at the

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. Al-Kudmani made his first all-male Saudi Arabian team, at the

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, where he competed in the men's 100 m breaststroke. Swimming in heat two, he picked up a fourth spot and fifty-sixth overall by a tenth of a second (0.10) behind Madagascar's

Jean Luc Razakarivony Jean Luc Razakarivony (born September 10, 1975) is a Malagasy former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. He is a three-time Olympian (1996, 2000, and 2004), a multiple-time Malagasy record holder in the 100 and 200 m breaststroke, an ...

in 1:06.07. At the

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, Al-Kudmani qualified again for the men's 100 m breaststroke by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an invitation time of 1:06.07. He challenged seven other swimmers on the same heat as Sydney, including his former rival Razakarivony. He blasted a Saudi Arabian record and a personal best of 1:05.65 to share a second seed with Moldova's Andrei Capitanciuc. Al-Kudmani failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-seventh overall on the first day of preliminaries. Al-Kudmani is a former varsity swimmer for the

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, and a graduate of mechanical engineering at the

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. He also competed at the

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(2002 and 2006), but failed to medal in any of his individual events. In 2007, Al-Kudmani announced his retirement from swimming to spend time with his family and work for the seawater injection department at

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References

External links

Player Bio – USC Trojans
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kudmani, Ahmed Al- 1979 births Living people Saudi Arabian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Saudi Arabia Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2002 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Male breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from Jeddah USC Trojans men's swimmers USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Saudi Arabia Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in swimming 20th-century Saudi Arabian people 21st-century Saudi Arabian people