Ghazal El Jobeili
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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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in
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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
Christal Clashing Christal Ariana Clashing O'Reilly (born 8 September 1989) is an Antiguan swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. She also completed a Trans-Atlantic crossing as part of an all-woman team. As a one-time Olympian (2004), she is coac ...
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