Sabir K. Muhammad (born April 14, 1976, in Louisville) is an American swimmer. He represented the United States in international competition as a butterfly and freestyle swimmer. Muhammad graduated from Stanford University in 1998. Muhammad finished his collegiate career with 7 Pac-10 championship titles, 25 All-American honors and 3 NCAA,[1] US Open and American Records. Muhammad graduated from Stanford as an Academic All-American with a degree in International Relations. Muhammad holds an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University. In 2000, he competed in the Short Course World Championships held in Athens, Greece winning both silver and bronze medals.[2] At those world championships, Muhammad became the first African-American to win a medal at a major international swimming competition. He has broken a total of 10 American Records in his career.[2] He is a two-time Short Course World Championship medalist, a four-time US Open champion, a five-time World Cup Swimming champion and a two-time runner-up at US Nationals.
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| Born | April 14, 1976 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muhammad has been an advocate for swimming in multicultural communities for nearly 15 years. In 2003, Muhammad helped found a learn-to-swim program with the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta that eventually became a pilot for USA Swimming's Make a Splash Program in 2007.
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- ^ Lawrence, Andrew (August 23, 2010). "Giving Kids A Lifeline: Black children are three times more likely to drown than white ones". SportsIllustrated.CNN.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
In 1999 Sabir Muhammad, an Atlantan who won 10 NCAA titles and had set three U.S. records while at Stanford, became the first African-American to co-captain a U.S. international swim team, at the Pan Am Games in Winnipeg.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Humphries, Jason (October 16, 2009). "Muhammad happy to give back". SuperSport.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
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- Sabir Muhammad at World Aquatics
- Sabir K Muhammad at U.S. Masters Swimming
- "Black History Month Trailblazers: Sabir Muhammad" at USA Swimming
- "Sabir Muhammad Looks to Affect Change in His Community" – Interview at USA Swimming at the Wayback Machine (archived March 17, 2016)
- Sabir Muhammad at SwimSwam
- Sabir Muhammad on Twitter