Hiba Omar ( ar, هبة عمر; born 22 June 1990) is a Syrian athlete who competes in the discus and the shot put.

Career

Omar was born in

Quneitra Quneitra (also Al Qunaytirah, Qunaitira, or Kuneitra; ar, ٱلْقُنَيْطِرَة or ٱلْقُنَيطْرَة, ''al-Qunayṭrah'' or ''al-Qunayṭirah'' ) is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in sout ...

which is near both Israel and Palestine in the

Golan Heights The Golan Heights ( ar, هَضْبَةُ الْجَوْلَانِ, Haḍbatu l-Jawlān or ; he, רמת הגולן, ), or simply the Golan, is a region in the Levant spanning about . The region defined as the Golan Heights differs between di ...

. She was inspired by

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who won a medal in Atlanta at the Olympics in 1996. She is one of five athletes who train in Damascus which includes high jumper

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. At the Asian Athletics competition in 2017 she was sole athlete from her worn-torn country. She carried the flag and photos of this drew media attention. She gave guarded interviews to foreign journalists after her manager was assured that the purpose of the interviews was not political. Hiba refused to answer questions about politics and assured the press that she had every facility for training in Syria. She threw 13.69 metre in the shot put in Thailand in 2012 and she made a discus throw of 50.44 in

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in 2018.

Personal bests

;Outdoor * Shot put – 13.69 (2012) *

Discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by th ...

– 50.44 (2018) ;Indoor *Shot put – 11.86 (2010)

Competition record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omar, Hiba 1990 births Living people People from Quneitra Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Syrian female athletes Asian Games competitors for Syria Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for Syria