Ghazal El Jobeili (; born April 8, 1986) is a Lebanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. El Jobeili qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle at the

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, by receiving a Universality place from

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, in an entry time of 31.42. She challenged six other swimmers in heat two, including 14-year-olds

Sameera Al-Bitar Sameera Al Bitar, sometimes listed as "Samira" or "Al-Bitar", (born February 21, 1990, in Jordan), is a 2-time Olympic swimmer from Bahrain. She was one of the first Muslim women representing an Arabian Peninsula country to swim in the Olympic ...

of Bahrain and

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of Antigua and Barbuda. She tied for first place with Al-Bitar in their personal bests of exactly 30 seconds. El Jobeili failed to advance into the semifinals, as she placed sixty-third overall out of 75 swimmers on the last day of preliminaries.

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1986 births Living people Lebanese female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Lebanon Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Lebanese female freestyle swimmers Sportspeople from Beirut 21st-century Lebanese sportswomen {{Lebanon-swimming-bio-stub