Woroud Sawalha ( ar, الورود صوالحة) from

Asira ash-Shamaliya Asira ash-Shamaliya ( ar, عصيرة الشماليّة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a po ...

Palestinian female Olympian: 'Miracles do happen'
May 17, 2012,

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is a Palestinian Olympic athlete. She is one of two runners, along with

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, among the five athletes who represented

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in the

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. She competed in the women's 800m, placing last in her heat. She was also the flag bearer at the closing ceremony. Due to Palestine's lack of training facilities, she and al-Farra often travelled to

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, and

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to train for the Olympics.

References

* * * 1991 births Living people Olympic athletes for Palestine Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Palestinian Muslims Palestinian female middle-distance runners People from Asira ash-Shamaliya {{Palestine-athletics-bio-stub