Zouheir Shourbagi ( ar, زهير الشوربجي) was the first ever representative from Syria to compete at the Olympics when he went to the 1948 Summer Olympic Games held in

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. He competed at

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, where he placed tenth in the finals. After the end of his competitive career, Shourbagi became the director of the Syrian Supreme Life Saving Committee in 1958, where he organized swimming and lifesaving courses for Syrian firemen, policemen, and soldiers.

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* Divers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Syria Year of birth missing Possibly living people Syrian male divers {{Syria-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub