Bader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana ( ar, بدر عبد الرحمن المهنا; born November 15, 1988) is a Saudi Arabian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events. A lone swimmer at the

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and a graduate of King Faisal School in his hometown Riyadh, Al-Muhana swam for the

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throughout most of his college career, while pursuing international business studies at

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. Al-Muhana was invited by

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to compete for

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in the men's 100 m butterfly at the

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Swimming on the outside in heat two, Al-Muhana put up an effort from the start to tie for fifth with Egypt's Ahmed Nada in a matching 55.59. Al-Muhana failed to advance to the semi-finals, as he placed sixty-first overall with Nada in the prelims.

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1988 births Living people Saudi Arabian male swimmers Olympic swimmers for Saudi Arabia Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Male butterfly swimmers Indiana Hoosiers men's swimmers Sportspeople from Riyadh Swimmers at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Saudi Arabia 20th-century Saudi Arabian people 21st-century Saudi Arabian people {{SaudiArabia-swimming-bio-stub