National team Iraq Strokes Freestyle Sport Swimming | Weight 61 kg (134 lb) Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Name Muhammad (swimmer) | |
Full name Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed Born 25 October 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-10-25 ) Baghdad, Iraq | ||
Muhammad Abdul Elah Ahmed (Arabic: محمد عبد الإله أحمد; born October 25, 1976 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Ahmed competed for Iraq in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 25.50. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including teenagers Khalid Al-Kulaibi of Oman (aged 14) and Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong of Laos (aged 17). Diving in with a 0.66-second deficit, he overhauled a 26-second barrier and came up with a spectacular swim to pick up a third seed in 25.84, 34-hundredths of a second below his entry standard. Ahmed failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-fourth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.