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Syria At The 2012 Summer Olympics
Syria competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. This was the nation's twelfth appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1948. The Syrian Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games, after the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of ten athletes, six men and four women, competed in 6 sports. Four of them received their spots in track and field, and in swimming by wild card entries. Three Syrian athletes had competed in Beijing, including high jumper Majed Aldin Ghazal, who was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Among the sports played by the athletes, Syria marked its Olympic debut in equestrian show jumping. Because of an ongoing 2011-2012 uprising in Syria (now turned into a civil war), there were concerns about Syria's participation to the Olympic games. General Mowaffak Joumaa, president of Syrian National Olympic Committee, told ITV News: "There is no question about it—we are taking part". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syrian Olympic Committee
The Syrian Olympic Committee ( ar, اللجنة الأولمبية السورية) is the National Olympic Committee in Syria for the Olympic Games movement. It is a non-profit organization led by the Syria, Syrian Arab Republic that selects players and teams to represent the nation, and raises funds to send to Olympic events organized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). History The Syrian Olympic Committee was established in 1948 and in the same year he was admitted to International Olympic Committee. Mowaffak Joumaa served as President of the Syrian Olympic Committee and the General Sports Federation from 2010 to 2020, then he became an honorary president, and was succeeded by Feras Mouala who served as Secretary General from 2010 to 2019. A parallel unrecognized committee, named the Syrian National Olympic Committee, was created in 2016 during the Syrian civil war by the Syrian opposition claiming the legitimacy of Syria's representation at the Olympics. List o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Methylhexanamine
Methylhexanamine (also known as methylhexamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 1,3-DMAA, dimethylamylamine, and DMAA; trade names Forthane and Geranamine) is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed as an inhaled nasal decongestant from 1948 until it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market in the 1970s. Since 2006 methylhexanamine has been sold extensively under many names as a stimulant or energy-boosting dietary supplement under the claim that it is similar to certain compounds found in geraniums, but its safety has been questioned as a number of adverse events and at least five deaths have been associated with methylhexanamine-containing supplements. It is banned by many sports authorities and governmental agencies. Despite multiple warning letters from the FDA, as of 2019, the stimulant remains available in sports and weight loss supplements. History In April 1944, Eli Lilly and Company introduced methylhexanamine under the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayan Jumah
Bayan Jumah ( ar, بيان جمعة) is a Syrian swimmer from Aleppo who specializes in butterfly and freestyle events. An ISG silver medalist and Syrian national champion and record-holder. Jumah was the second Syrian female swimmer to compete at the Olympic Games, following Marella Mamoun in 2000. Career In 2007, Jumah was picked for the national team, in which she managed to break three national records in the 50m, 100m and 200m freestyle events. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she withdrew from a heat in the 50 metre freestyle in which she would have faced Olympian Anya Gostomelsky, refusing to swim alongside an Israeli.">"Gostomelsky breaks Israeli record in 50m freestyle," '' |
Swimming At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 Metre Breaststroke
The men's 100 metre breaststroke event at the 2012 Summer Olympics took place on 28–29 July at the London Aquatics Centre in London, United Kingdom. Cameron van der Burgh smashed a new world record to end South Africa's medal drought for an Olympic gold in the event. He blasted out to a 27.07 split on the first length, and pulled strongly ahead of the field to touch the wall first in 58.46, slashing 0.12 seconds off the record set by Australia's Brenton Rickard in a high-tech bodysuit from the 2009 World Championships. An underwater camera footage also showed him executing three illegal butterfly kicks on the pullout. The champion later admitted that he was doing it, saying that by not doing it "you are falling behind or giving yourself a disadvantage." Rickard's teammate Christian Sprenger ripped off a sterling time of 58.93 to snatch the silver, moving him to sixth all time in the event's history. Meanwhile, U.S. swimmer Brendan Hansen ended his three-year retirement to ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azad Al-Barazi
Azad Al-Barazi ( ar, آزاد البرازي; born January 4, 1988) is an American-Syrian swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. The grandson of Kurdish Syrian Prime Minister Muhsin al-Barazi’s cousin, Al-Barazi holds a dual citizenship between his parents' nation Syria and the United States, where he resides. Biography He was invited to apply for the Syrian citizenship, after he was seen swimming laps in a public pool in 2010. Following he represented Syria in several swimming events such as two Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016. His main goal is to give hope for the people in Syria who are having a difficult time during the Syrian Civil War. In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Al-Barazi qualified for the men's 100 m breaststroke, as a member of the Syrian team. He received a universality place by posting a personal best of 1:00.35 from the AT&T Winter National Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. He challenged seven other swimmers on the second heat, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FINA
FINA (french: Fédération internationale de natation, en, International Swimming Federation, link=yes) (to be renamed as World Aquatics by ) is the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. It is one of several international federations which administer a given sport or discipline for both the IOC and the international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. FINA currently oversees competition in six aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. from the FINA website (www.fina.org); retrieved 2013-06-05. FINA also oversees " Masters" competition (for adults) in its disciplines. History FINA was founded on 19 July 1908 in the Manchester Hotel in London, UK at the end of the 1908 Summer Olympics by the Belgian, British, Danish, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish Swimming Federations. Number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 Metre Air Rifle
The Women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Olympic Games took place on 28 July 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, is a barracks of the British Army which forms part of Woolwich Garrison. The Royal Regiment of Artillery had its headquarters here from 1776 until 2007, when it was moved to Larkhill Garrison. History In 17 .... The event consisted of two rounds: a qualifier and a final. In the qualifier, each shooter fired 40 shots with an air rifle at 10 metres distance from the standing position. Scores for each shot were in increments of 1, with a maximum score of 10. The top 8 shooters in the qualifying round moved on to the final round. There, they fired an additional 10 shots. These shots scored in increments of .1, with a maximum score of 10.9. The total score from all 50 shots was used to determine final ranking. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Qualification ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raya Zin Aldden
Raya Zin Aldden ( ar, راية زين الدين; born 8 March 1988) is a Syrian sports shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as .... She competed in the Women's 10 metre air rifle event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. https://archive.today/20130128132716/www.london2012.com/athlete/zin-aldden-raya-1136420/ https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126860 https://olympics.com/en/athletes/raya-zin-aldden https://archive.today/20130128132716/www.london2012.com/athlete/zin-aldden-raya-1136420/ References External links Profileat London2012.com Profileat BBC Sport Olympics 2012 Profileat ISSF at www.NBColympics.com 1988 births Living people Syrian female sport shooters Olympic shooters for Syria Shooters at the 2012 Summer Olympics People from as-Suwayda Shooters at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equestrian At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Individual Jumping
The individual jumping in equestrian at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held at Greenwich Park from 4 to 8 August. Like all other equestrian events, the jumping competition was mixed gender, with both male and female athletes competing in the same division. There were 75 competitors from 26 nations. The event was won by Steve Guerdat of Switzerland, the nation's first victory in individual jumping since 1924 and second overall (tying the United States for fourth-most). Gerco Schroder of the Netherlands took silver. Cian O'Connor of Ireland, who had been stripped of a gold medal in the event in 2004, earned bronze—Ireland's first medal in the event. Background This was the 24th appearance of the event, which had first been held at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been held at every Summer Olympics at which equestrian sports have been featured (that is, excluding 1896, 1904, and 1908). It is the oldest event on the current programme, the only one that was held in 1900. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Saber Hamcho
Ahmad Saber Hamcho ( ar, أحمد صابر حمشو; born 25 November 1992) is a Syrian equestrian who competed in individual jumping at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He was the first Syrian to participate in Olympic equestrian events. In December 2019, he qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ... in Tokyo. He won two gold medals at the 2022 Mediterranean Games. Personal life Hamcho declared his strong support for Bashar al-Assad during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He is a relative of Mohammad Hamcho who is included in the list of individuals sanctioned by the European Union and United States in 2011. References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamcho, Ahmad 1992 births Living people Syrian male equestri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycling At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Individual Road Race
The men's road race, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 28 July at 10 a.m. in central and southwest London and north Surrey, starting and finishing on The Mall. This was the 19th appearance of the event, previously held in 1896 and then at every Summer Olympics since 1936. It replaced the individual time trial event that had been held from 1912 to 1932; the time trial had been re-introduced in 1996 alongside the road race Samuel Sánchez of Spain would have been the defending champion, but due to an injury incurred at the 2012 Tour de France he could not compete. The race was won by Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov. He sprinted clear of Colombia's Rigoberto Urán, who claimed the silver medal. Alexander Kristoff of Norway won the sprint from the following group to take bronze. Vinokourov was the first man (and, through the 2016 Games, only; multiple women have done so) to win multiple medals in the event; he had previously taken s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Hasanin
Omar Hasanin ( ar, عمر حسنين; born 15 November 1978) is a Syrian road bicycle racer. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's road race, but failed to finish. Major results ;2000 : 1st National Road Race Championships : 1st National Time Trial Championships ;2005 : 2nd Asian Road Race Championships : 2nd Overall Milad De Nour Tour ::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) ::1st Stage 1 ;2006 : 1st Stages 1, 4 & 6 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan) : 2nd Arab Road Race Championships : 3rd Asian Road Race Championships ;2007 : 2nd Overall Tour of Libya ;2008 : 1st Overall Tour of Libya : 1st Stage 1 Tour de East Java : 3rd International Grand Prix Al-Khor : 3rd International Grand Prix Messaeed : 3rd Arab Time Trial Championships ;2009 : 2nd Arab Road Race Championships : 3rd HH Vice-President's Cup : 3rd Emirates Cup ;2010 : 1st Stage 9 Tour du Maroc : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Victory : 2nd Arab Road Race Championships ;2011 : 2nd Overall Tour of Marma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
