Mohamed El-Zanaty Monir (Arabic: محمد منير ش الزناتى; born 1 February 1984 in Giza) is an Egyptian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon.[1] He represented his nation Egypt at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has claimed a bronze medal in the 25 km open water race (5:19:23.23) at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.[2][3]
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| Full name | Mohamed El-Zanaty Monir | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 February 1984 Giza, Egypt | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Open water | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mohammad competed as a lone open water swimmer for Egypt in the inaugural men's 10 km marathon at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, he finished with a nineteenth place time of 1:54:36.4, but managed to pick up the continental spot as Africa's representative at the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain.[4] Farther from the leaders by about ten body lengths, Monir nearly pulled from the end of the field to claim the twentieth spot out of twenty-four entrants in 1:55:17.0, three minutes and twenty-five seconds (3:25) behind eventual gold medalist Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.[5]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mohamed Monir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ "Russia's Yury Kudinov Claims Men's 25K Gold at Worlds; Russia Wins Top Team Honors in Open Water". Swimming World Magazine. 24 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
- ^ "Egypt's unsung Olympic heroes". Daily News Egypt. 16 June 2008. Retrieved 4 April 2016.
- ^ Munatones, Steven (4 May 2008). "FINA World Open Water Championships: Russia Revisited, Hackett Disqualification Report". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ^ "Swimming: Men's Marathon 10km". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
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