Rad Aweisat

Rad Aweisat
Personal information
Full name	Rad Aweisat
National team	Palestine
Born	27 October 1986 (age 38)
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly

Rad Aweisat (Arabic: رعد عويسات; born October 27, 1986) is a Palestinian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.^[1] Aweisat qualified for the men's 100 m butterfly, as Palestine's youngest athlete (aged 17), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He received a Universality place from FINA as part of his Olympic Solidarity program, without meeting an entry time.^[2]^[3] He participated in heat one against two other swimmers Luis Matias of Angola and Fernando Medrano of Nicaragua. He rounded out a small field of three to last place with a slowest time of 1:01.60, nearly 11 seconds off the world record set by U.S. swimmer Ian Crocker.^[3] Aweisat failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-ninth overall in the preliminaries.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rad Aweisat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b Korte, Tim (19 August 2004). "Dos más a Atenas" [New York mayor kicks off publicity push]. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
^ "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.
^ Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rad Aweisat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[2] "Swimming – Men's 100m Butterfly Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

[aweisat-3] Korte, Tim (19 August 2004). "Dos más a Atenas" [New York mayor kicks off publicity push]. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

[4] "Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 14 March 2013.

[5] Thomas, Stephen (19 August 2004). "Men's 100 Butterfly, Day 6 Prelims: Crocker Blasts Back into Form as Fastest Qualifier; Serdinov and Phelps Right on his Tail". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.

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