Ibrahim Mahmoud Abdulhalim (1931 – 4 September 1963) was an Egyptian

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

and

police officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

. He competed in the men's eight event at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. He was killed in the crash of

Swissair Flight 306 Swissair Flight 306, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III, named ''Schaffhausen,'' was a scheduled international flight from Zürich to Rome, via Geneva. It crashed near Dürrenäsch, Aargau, on 4 September 1963, shortly after take-off, killing ...

. He had graduated from the

University of Cairo Cairo University ( ar, جامعة القاهرة, Jāmi‘a al-Qāhira), also known as the Egyptian University from 1908 to 1940, and King Fuad I University and Fu'ād al-Awwal University from 1940 to 1952, is Egypt's premier public university ...

prior to his death.

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* 1931 births 1963 deaths Egyptian male rowers Olympic rowers for Egypt Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics 20th-century Egyptian people Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1963 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Switzerland {{Egypt-rowing-bio-stub