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 Marella Mamoun ( ar, ماريلا مأمون; born 16 May 1982) is a Syrian former swimmer, who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events. Mamoun competed only in the women's 200 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She rece ...

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,"
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''. Gostomelsky set a new Israeli national record in the race. Asked what her reaction was, Gostomelsky said: "I didn't notice that the lane was empty. That's her problem." In 2009, she won her first international medal at the Arab Games in Jordan. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 100 metre freestyle, finishing in 40th place overall out of 48 swimmers in the first round heats, failing to qualify for the second round. In 2013, she broke several

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, including the 100m and 200m freestyle and the 100 m breaststroke events, at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. She also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50 m freestyle and finished 49th with a time of 26.41 seconds. In 2019, she finished 7th in the 50m freestyle event at the Asian Age Group Championships in Bengaluru, India; hence, she did not qualify to the

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in Tokyo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jumah, Bayan Syrian female breaststroke swimmers Living people Olympic swimmers for Syria Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Syrian female freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Swimmers at the 2010 Asian Games Swimmers at the 2014 Asian Games Sportspeople from Aleppo 1994 births Asian Games competitors for Syria 21st-century Syrian women 21st-century Syrian people Islamic Solidarity Games silver medalists for Syria Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Syria

Career

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