Dawood Youssef Mohamed Jassim ( ar, داود يوسف محمد جاسم; born September 10, 1985) is a Bahraini swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Youssef represented Bahrain at the

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, where he became the nation's flag bearer in the

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. Youssef competed only in the men's 100 m freestyle, as a 15-year-old, at the

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. He received a Universality place from FINA, without meeting an entry time. He challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including fellow 15-year-old Ragi Edde of Lebanon. He rounded out the field to last place in a personal best of 1:02.45, nearly a nine-second deficit from leader

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of Côte d'Ivoire. Youssef failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventieth overall in the prelims.

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1985 births Living people Bahraini male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Bahrain Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics {{Bahrain-swimming-bio-stub