Zakiya Nassar, sometimes spelled "Zakia" (Arabic: زكية نصار), born April 2, 1987, in Bethlehem, Palestine),[1] is an Olympic swimmer from Palestine.[2]
She represented Palestine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. In the lead-up to the Games, her coach, relayed by the media, commented that Nassar faced severe difficulties in training, due to her lack of access to a swimming pool. The Globe and Mail reported that "[t]here is no Olympic-sized pool in the Palestinian territories and no budget to speak of for the Palestinian Olympic swimmers".[1] Nassar told the media that she was receiving no support from the Palestinian authorities, that she was able to swim once a month "at best", and that she feared a disastrous performance in Beijing.[3][4] The Israeli authorities subsequently granted her authorisation to swim in a pool in Jerusalem.[5]
Nassar won her heat in the 50 metre freestyle event, but her time of 31.97 was not sufficient for her to advance to the next round.[6]
zakiya, nassar, sometimes, spelled, zakia, arabic, زكية, نصار, born, april, 1987, bethlehem, palestine, olympic, swimmer, from, palestine, zakia, nassarpersonal, informationfull, namenationality, palestineborn, 1987, april, 1987, bethlehem, palestineheight1, s. Zakiya Nassar sometimes spelled Zakia Arabic زكية نصار born April 2 1987 in Bethlehem Palestine 1 is an Olympic swimmer from Palestine 2 Zakia NassarPersonal informationFull nameZakiya NassarNationality PalestineBorn 1987 04 02 April 2 1987 age 37 Bethlehem PalestineHeight1 62 m 5 ft 4 in SportSportSwimmingStrokesFreestyleShe represented Palestine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing In the lead up to the Games her coach relayed by the media commented that Nassar faced severe difficulties in training due to her lack of access to a swimming pool The Globe and Mail reported that t here is no Olympic sized pool in the Palestinian territories and no budget to speak of for the Palestinian Olympic swimmers 1 Nassar told the media that she was receiving no support from the Palestinian authorities that she was able to swim once a month at best and that she feared a disastrous performance in Beijing 3 4 The Israeli authorities subsequently granted her authorisation to swim in a pool in Jerusalem 5 Nassar won her heat in the 50 metre freestyle event but her time of 31 97 was not sufficient for her to advance to the next round 6 Nassar lives in Bethlehem and as of 2008 was studying dentistry at the Arab American University in Jenin 1 References edit a b c For Palestinian swimmers it s a chance to swim Globe and Mail July 7 2008 Nassar s bio from the 2008 Olympics website retrieved 2009 07 09 JEUX OLYMPIQUES Les Palestiniens a rude epreuve Courier international From Jenin to Beijing Ynetnews April 5 2008 Palestinian Olympic runner receives exit permit Ynetnews April 8 2008 Beijing s youngest is leader of the laggards Archived 2008 09 08 at the Wayback Machine Reuters August 15 2008 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to a Palestinian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zakiya Nassar amp oldid 1156954600, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
