Fadwa Al-Bouza ( ar, فدوى البوظة; born January 14, 1990) is a former female Syrian heptathlete and hurdler. She represented

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

at the

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, and competed in the women's 100 m hurdles. Al-Bouza ran in the second heat, where she finished in eighth place with a time of 14.24 seconds, and subsequently, did not advance into the later rounds. At the 2009 Arab Athletics Championships in

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, Bouza set both a national record and a personal best time of 13.01, by finishing third in the final of the women's triple jump.Arab Championships, Damascus (Syria) 06-9/10
Africa Athle (October 2009). Retrieved on 2013-11-02.

Personal bests

;Outdoor *

100 metres hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first h ...

: 14.00 NU20R (2008) *

Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

: 5.85 m (2007) *

Triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

: 13.01 m NR (2009) *

High jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

: 1.45 m (2005) *

200 m The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

: 26.01 (2005) *

Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

: 8.89 m (2005) *

Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

: 26.10 m (2005) *

800 m The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

: 2:36.18 min (2005) *

Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

: 4555 pts (2005) ;Indoor * 800 m: 2:40.00 (2006) *

60 metres hurdles 60 metres hurdles is a distance in hurdling which is generally run in indoor competitions. It is equivalent with the first 5 hurdles of a standard outdoor hurdle race. The current women's and men's world records are 7.68 seconds ( Susanna K ...

: 8.85 NiR (2005) * High jump: 1.52 (2006) * Long Jump: 5.58 NiR (2005) * Triple jump: 12.47 (2009) *

Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words ''pente'' (five) and -''athlon'' (competition) ( gr, πένταθλον). The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of t ...

: 3251 pts NiR (2006)

Competition record

References

External links

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NBC Olympics Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bouza, Fadwa Al- 1990 births Living people Syrian heptathletes Syrian female athletes Syrian female hurdlers Olympic athletes for Syria Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Syria Sportspeople from Homs 21st-century Syrian women