Youssef Ramadan ( ar, يوسف رمضان; born 7 July 2002) is an Egyptian

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. He is an African record holder in the

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4×50 metre medley relay and 4×100 metre medley relay, where he swam butterfly on both relays. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 100 metre butterfly, placing sixteenth in the semifinals. At the 2021 World Short Course Championships, he placed fourth in the 100 metre butterfly and thirteenth in the

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. At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, he placed eighth in the final of the 100 metre butterfly and tenth in the semifinals of the

and the 50 metre butterfly.

Background

Ramadan attended the Modern English School of Cairo in

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, for high school. He started attending

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and competing collegiately as part of the

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swim team in the autumn of 2020 as an 18-year-old.Keith, Braden (4 January 2020)
"World Juniors Semifinalist Youssef Ramadan Of Egypt Commits to Virginia Tech"
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''. Retrieved 16 February 2022. He is sponsored by Hassan Allam Properties."Egypt's most successful young athlete Youssef Ramadan sponsored by Hassan Allan Properties"
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''. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

Career

2019 World Junior Championships

When he was 17 years old, Ramadan placed 11th in the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly with a 24.13 and 16th in the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle in 50.80 seconds at the 2019 World Junior Championships, held at

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in August 2019.

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(25 August 2019)
"7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships 2019 Budapest (HUN): Results Book"
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''. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

2020 Olympic Games

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in

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, Japan, and postponed to 2021 due to the

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, 19-year-old Ramadan set an Egyptian record in the prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 51.67 seconds, which qualified him for the semifinals tied in rank for fourteenth overall in the prelims heats with Szebasztián Szabó of

.Dornan, Ben (29 July 2021)
"Tokyo 2020 Day 6 Prelims All-Star: Egypt's Youssef Ramadan Continues To Improve"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. In the semifinals, Ramadan placed sixteenth with a time of 52.27 seconds and did not qualify for the final.DeGuzman, David (30 July 2021)
"VT swimmer Youssef Ramadan completes Olympic experience in 100m butterfly semifinals"
''

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''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

2021 World Short Course Championships

At the 2021 FINA World Short Course Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi,

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, Ramadan won his prelims heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a personal best time of 49.66 seconds and advanced to semifinals ranked third overall, six-hundredths of a second slower than second-ranked

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and seventeen-hundredths of a second slower than first-ranked Noè Ponti of Switzerland.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2021.Dornan, Ben (16 December 2021)
"2021 Short Course World Championships: Day 2 Prelims Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. In the event's semifinals later the same day, Ramadan qualified for the final ranking third with a time of 49.60 seconds.

(17 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. One day earlier, Ramadan anchored the 4×100 metre freestyle relay with a 49.03, helping the Egypt relay team place thirteenth in an Egyptian record time of 3:18.49 and not qualifying the relay to the final.

(16 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2021. On the third day of competition, Ramadan placed fourth in the final of the 100 metre butterfly with an Egyptian record time of 49.50 seconds, finishing less than three-tenths of a second behind bronze medalist Andrei Minakov.

(18 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 18 December 2021. On the fifth day of competition, Ramadan helped the 4×50 metre medley relay place second in the first prelims heat, splitting a 22.37 for the butterfly leg of the relay to help finish behind the Russia relay team and ahead of the

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relay team with an African record time of 1:33.19, which qualified the relay for the final ranking second overall.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. In the same prelims session, Ramadan set a new Egyptian record in the

with a time of 46.98 seconds, which ranked him eighth overall and qualified him for the semifinals later in the day.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. Later in the day, Ramadan helped lower the African record to 1:32.56 and achieve a fifth-place finish in the 4×50 metre medley relay, splitting a 22.12 for the butterfly leg of the relay.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x50m Medley Relay Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 20 December 2021.Keith, Braden (20 December 2021)
"Egypt Breaks African Record In 200 Medley Relay Again In Finals, Finishes Fifth"
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''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. For the semifinals of the 100 metre freestyle, Ramadan placed 13th with a 47.36 and did not advance to the final.

(20 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 20 December 2021. On the morning of the sixth and final day, Ramadan split a 50.89 for the butterfly leg of the 4×100 metre medley relay in the prelims, contributing to an African record time of 3:30.83 and a twelfth-place ranking across all heats.

(21 December 2021)
"15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

2021–2022 Collegiate season

During a practice in January 2022 for the

his sophomore year, Ramadan took part in a virtual challenge of sprinting 75 yards in different strokes wearing fins for his 75 yards. Ramadan swam butterfly, starting from a push-start and performing flip turns on each wall to achieve a time of 28.4 seconds.Hodges, Coleman (5 January 2022)
"IU's Steele Swims 28.2 75 With Fins Backstroke, VT's Ramadan 28.4 Butterfly"
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''. Retrieved 6 January 2022. At a dual meet against

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later in the month, Ramadan set two pool records at the Virginia Tech pool, one in the 100-yard butterfly, where he won in 45.34 seconds, and another as part of the 4×50 yard medley relay in 1:25.13, where he swam the backstroke leg of the relay in 21.93 seconds.De George, Matthew (22 January 2022)
"Youssef Ramadan Sets 100 Fly Pool Record in Virginia Tech Romp over Penn State"
''

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''. Retrieved 23 January 2022. In the first week of February, Ramadan won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 44.68 seconds and competed in the 200-yard butterfly, achieving a time of 1:43.00, at the Virginia Tech Invitational.Hamann, Michael (7 February 2022)
"Ramadan Posts 44.68 100 Fly, Atkinson 1:51.84 200 Back At Virginia Tech Invite"
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''. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

2022 ACC Championships

At the 2022 Atlantic Coast Conference, ACC, Championships in February 2022, Ramadan ranked fifth in the prelims heats of the 50-yard freestyle with a 19.13.D'Addona, Dan (16 February 2022)
"ACC Swimming Championships Day 2 Prelims: Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh Tie ACC Record in 50 Freestyle"
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''. Retrieved 16 February 2022. For the final, Ramadan placed third in a time of 18.87 seconds, finishing 0.13 seconds behind first-place finisher David Curtiss.Gibbs, Robert (16 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championships: Day 2 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 16 February 2022. Earlier in the same finals session, he led off the 4×50 yard freestyle relay in 18.80 seconds to help achieve a fourth-place finish in the event in 1:16.29.Hy-Tek (16 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championship: Meet Results"
''sidearmstats.com''. Retrieved 16 February 2022. In the prelims heats of the 100-yard butterfly on day three, Ramadan ranked fourth with a 45.39 and qualified for the final.Sutherland, James (17 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championships: Day 3 Prelims Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 17 February 2022. Later in the day, Ramadan anchored the 4×50 yard medley relay in the final with an 18.53 to help achieve a second-place finish in 1:22.82.Gibbs, Robert (17 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championships: Day 3 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 17 February 2022. For his second and final event of the evening, Ramadan won the 100-yard butterfly in a new ACC Championships and ACC record time of 44.08 seconds, which made him the fourth-fastest swimmer to race the event in the United States and was just 0.07 seconds off the pool record of 44.01 set by

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in 2016.Rieder, David (17 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championships: Louisville Men Win 200 Medley Relay; NC State Holds Men's Team Lead"
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''. Retrieved 17 February 2022.Pelshaw, Anya (17 February 2022)
"Youssef Ramadan Swims ACC Conference And Meet Record In 100 Butterfly; 44.08"
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''. Retrieved 17 February 2022. On day four, he split a 41.41 to anchor the 4×100 yard medley relay to a third-place finish in 3:02.71.Gibbs, Robert (18 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 18 February 2022. Finishing in a time of 41.83 seconds in the prelims heats of the 100-yard freestyle on the fifth and final day, Ramadan ranked first, heading into the final.Gibbs, Robert (19 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championships: Day 5 Prelims Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 19 February 2022. He won the final with a personal best time of 41.76 seconds, then finished the Championships with a third-place finish in the 4×100 yard freestyle relay in a final relay time of 2:48.03.Rieder, David (19 February 2022)
"2022 ACC Championships: NC State Cruising to Men's Title; Virginia Tech Posts Three Wins"
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''. Retrieved 19 February 2022. His lead-off split time of 41.96 seconds was the second-fastest lead-off leg of all 11 finals relays. With his accomplishments at the Championships, Ramadan received the "Men's Most Valuable Swimmer" honour and helped achieve a third-place finish for the Virginia Tech men overall."NC State, Virginia Win 2022 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships"
'' Atlantic Coast Conference''. 19 February 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2022.Sutherland, James (21 February 2022)
"Alex Walsh, Youssef Ramadan Named ACC Championship Most Valuable Swimmers"
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''. Retrieved 21 February 2022.

2022 NCAA Championships

In March 2022, at the 2022 NCAA Division I Championships in

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, United States, Ramadan helped achieve a tenth-place finish in the 4×50 yard medley relay on the first day of competition, splitting an 18.61 for the freestyle leg of the relay.D'Addona, Dan (23 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Florida Edges Texas in 200 medley Relay for NCAA Record; Bjorn Seeliger Leads Off in 20.08"
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''. Retrieved 23 March 2022. The second day, he advanced to the final of the 50-yard freestyle, ranking fifth overall in the prelims heats with a personal best time of 18.79 seconds.D'Addona, Dan (24 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Cal's Bjorn Seeliger Scorches 18.45 in 50 Freestyle Prelims"
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''. Retrieved 24 March 2022. Finishing in a time of 19.04 seconds in the final, he placed seventh less than half a second behind first-place finisher

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.Rieder, David (24 March 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: Brooks Curry Touches Out Bjorn Seeliger for 50 Free Title"
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''. Retrieved 24 March 2022. For his second event of the evening, he swam a 19.11, leading off the 4×50 yard freestyle relay to a tenth-place finish in 1:15.99.Hy-Tek (26 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA DI Men's Swimming & Diving"
''swimmeetresults.tech''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. On the third day, he ranked second in the prelims heats of the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 44.21 seconds and qualified for the evening final.Hamann, Michael (25 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Division I Men's Championships: Day 3 Prelim Live Recap"
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''. Retrieved 25 March 2022.D'Addona, Dan (25 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Stanford's Andrei Minakov Takes Top Seed in 100 Butterfly"
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''. Retrieved 25 March 2022. He placed third in the final with a personal best time of 43.90 seconds, finishing 0.19 seconds behind first-place finisher Andrei Minakov and 0.10 seconds behind second-place finisher

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.D'Addona, Dan (25 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Stanford's Andrei Minakov Holds off Field to Win 100 Butterfly"
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''. Retrieved 25 March 2022. In the 4×100 yard medley relay final, he split a 41.99 for the freestyle leg of the relay to help achieve a 17th-place finish in 3:05.18. The following day, the fourth and final day, he ranked fifteenth with a 41.80 in the prelims heats of the 100-yard freestyle, qualifying for the b-final in the evening.Lohn, John (26 March 2022)
"NCAA Men's Championships: As Cal and Texas Battle, Bears' Bjorn Seeliger Snares Top Seed in 100 Freestyle"
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''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. In the b-final, he swam a personal best time of 41.72 seconds to place fourth, which was eleventh-place overall and three-tenths of a second behind b-final winner Dean Farris.D'Addona, Dan (26 March 2022)
"2022 NCAA Men's Championships: Brooks Curry on Another Hometown Win: 'I've Been Dreaming About This Race'"
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''. Retrieved 26 March 2022. To conclude his competition, he led off the 4×100 yard freestyle relay with a 42.32 to help place tenth in 2:48.61.

2022 World Aquatics Championships

Ramadan led off the 4×100 metre freestyle relay on the first day of pool swimming competition at the

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with a time of 48.90 seconds, helping achieve a 15th place finish in the preliminaries with a combined relay time of 3:19.46 and setting an Egyptian record in the 100 metre freestyle with his split time of 48.90 seconds.

(18 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 4x100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 18 June 2022. For the 100 metre butterfly, he swam a time of 52.42 seconds in the preliminaries, ranking two spots ahead of

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of Australia and placing 20th.

(23 June 2022)
"19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 23 June 2022.

2022 Swimming World Cup

For his first-ever

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stop, held in November at the

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in Indianapolis,

as part of the

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, Ramadan ranked ninth in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre butterfly with a time of 50.93 seconds, achieving first-reserve status for the final.

(3 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. Later in the morning session, he placed ninth in the 50 metre freestyle with a personal best time of 21.83 seconds.

(3 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. For the evening session, his first-reserve status for the final of the 100 metre butterfly was called upon after final-qualifier Luca Urlando withdrew from further competition.

(3 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Start List"
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''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. In the final, he placed sixth with a time of 50.51 seconds.

(3 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 3 November 2022. The next day, he placed thirteenth in the 50 metre backstroke with a time of 24.07 seconds.

(4 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Backstroke Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. He followed his performance up with a rank of ninth in the preliminary heats of the 100 metre freestyle with a time of 47.50 seconds.

(4 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 4 November 2022. On day three of three, Ramadan swam an Egyptian record and personal best time of 22.70 seconds in the preliminary heats of the 50 metre butterfly and qualified for the final ranking fourth.

(5 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 5 November 2022. In the final, he lowered the Egyptian record and his personal best time to 22.63 seconds, placing sixth.

(5 November 2022)
"FINA Swimming World Cup 2022: Indianapolis (USA): Men's 50m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 5 November 2022.

2022 World Short Course Championships

At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, contested in December in

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, Australia, Ramadan qualified for the semifinals of the 50 metre butterfly ranking fifteenth with an Egyptian record and personal best time of 22.50 seconds in the preliminaries.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 13 December 2022. In the semifinals, he achieved another Egyptian record and personal best time to place tenth, finishing in 22.32 seconds.

(13 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 50m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 13 December 2022. For the preliminaries session the following morning, he set a new Egyptian record in the

with a personal best time of 46.51 seconds and advanced to the semifinals ranked eighth.

(14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. He placed tenth in the semifinals with a time of 46.57 seconds.

(14 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Freestyle Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 14 December 2022. On the morning of day five in the preliminaries of his final event, the 100 metre butterfly, he ranked third with a time of 49.64 seconds and qualified for the semifinals later in the day.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. In the semifinals, he earned a spot in the final with an eighth-rank time of 49.79 seconds.

(17 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Butterfly Semifinals Results Summary"
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''. Retrieved 17 December 2022. In the final, he placed eighth with a time of 49.84 seconds, which was 1.25 seconds behind gold medalist

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(18 December 2022)
"16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 100m Butterfly Final Results"
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''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

2022–2023 Collegiate season

At the 2023 Virginia Tech Invitational in early February, Ramadan achieved a win in the 200 yard butterfly with a personal best time of 1:42.96 and set new pool records for two individual events, a 45.48 for the 100 yard backstroke and a 44.42 for the 100 yard butterfly."Hokies make final push before ACC Championships"
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''. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.

2023 ACC Championships

Splitting a 19.87 for the butterfly leg of the 4×50 yard medley relay at the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in mid-February, Ramadan helped place sixth with a time of 1:24.36.Rieder, David (14 February 2023)
"2023 ACC Championships: Virginia Women, NC State Men Open Up Early Advantages"
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''. Retrieved 14 February 2023."Hokie women break a school record in the 800 free relay"
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''. 14 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023. The evening session of the second day, he led-off the 4×50 yard freestyle relay with a 19.00 to contribute to a final placing of fourth in a time of 1:16.15."Ramadan and Coll Marti both earn silver medals after day two"
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''. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023. He followed up with a time of 18.82 seconds in the final of the 50 yard freestyle to achieve a second-place finish and win the silver medal.Hy-Tek (14 February 2023)
"Meet Results: 2023 ACC Championship"
''sidearmstats.com''. Retrieved 15 February 2023."Two American Records Set on Day Two of ACC Swim and Dive Championships"
'' Atlantic Coast Conference''. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023. The third evening, he won the conference title in the 100 yard butterfly with a time of 43.93 seconds, which was 0.73 seconds faster than the second-place finisher."NC State, Virginia Lead After Day Three of ACC Swim and Dive Championships"
'' Atlantic Coast Conference''. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023."Hokies podium three times during third day of Championships"
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''. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023. His 43.93 marked the fastest time achieved in the event in the NCAA season. It also set a new pool record in the event for the

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. On day four, he swam a personal best time of 44.59 seconds for the backstroke leg of the 4×100 yard medley relay to help place fourth in a time of 3:03.40."Coll Marti earns his second individual medal during ACC's"
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''. 17 February 2023. Retrieved 17 February 2023. His split time set a new Virginia Tech swim program record in the 100 yard backstroke, and the 3:03.40 ranked as the second-fastest for the school. On the final night of competition, Ramadan won the conference title in the 100 yard freestyle with a personal best time of 41.33 seconds."NC State, Virginia Capture 2023 ACC Swim and Dive Championships"
'' Atlantic Coast Conference''. 18 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023. In the 4×100 yard freestyle relay final later in the same session, he helped achieve a placing of second with a time of 2:48.06, swimming the lead-off leg of the relay in 42.00 seconds. He repeated as the "Men's Most Valuable Swimmer" for the Championships with his performances and helped the men's Virginia Tech Hokies team improve to an overall second-place amongst competing teams. It marked the highest placing for the men's swim program at an Atlantic Coast Conference Championships since 2014."Hokie men make highest finish since 2014"
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''. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

International championships (50 m)

International championships (25 m)

Personal best times

Long course metres (50 m pool)

Legend: NR – Egyptian record; h – prelims heat; r – relay 1st leg

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: NR – Egyptian record; h – prelims heat; sf – semifinal; † – en route to final mark

Short course yards (25 yd pool)

Legend: ACC – Atlantic Coast Conference record; h – prelims heat; r – relay 1st leg

Continental records

Short course metres (25 m pool)

Legend: h – prelims heat

Awards and honours

* Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Most Valuable Swimmer (Men's): 2022 ACC Championships,"Moments of Excellence: Hokie men finish 2022 ACC's with best performances in program history"
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''. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022. 2023 ACC Championships * Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Swimmer of the Week (male): 18 January 2022,"ACC Announces Weekly Swimming & Diving Awards for 18 January"
'' Atlantic Coast Conference''. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022. 4 October 2022"ACC names Ramadan and Mroz to Swimming and Diving Performers of the Week"
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''. 4 October 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.

References

External links

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Virginia Tech Hokies bio
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