Omeir Saeed – wakeboarder from Abu Dhabi broke 2 Guinness World Records (GWR) previously set by Jerome Macquart 2004 and 2005 respectively.
Omeir Saeed’s new GWR records are in the category
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Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Member : Refugee Olympic Athletes Team (ROT). Competed under the Olympic Flag at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Appointed as UNCHR Goodwill Ambassador (27th April 2017).
Yusra Mardini represented Syria : 2012 FINA World Championships (25m) 200 metre individual medley, 200 metre freestyle and 400 metre freestyle events.
Represents : Under Armour sports brand
Book: Autobiography : ‘ Butterfly: From Refugee to Olympian – My Story of the Rescue, Hope and Triumph’ by Yusra Mardini
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GERMANY / SYRIA
Abdulmohsen Khalaf Al-Muwallad (aka) Mohsen Al-Muwallad (aka) Mohsen Khalaf was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the ‘ oldest professional basketball player’.
Mohsen Khalaf was selected to play for the Saudi National Team in 1986 at the age of 20 and retired from the international games in 2005.
He played his first game for Ohod Club, Madinah in 1979. Played his final pro game on May 22nd, 2015 at 51 years, 335 days after spending 36 years with the Madinah based team.
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SAUDI ARABIA
74-year old Egyptian Ezzeldin Bahader was honoured by Guinness World Records as the oldest active professional football player in the world.
Ezzeldin played for a local team on October 06th, 2020 against El Ayat Sports Club in the Egyptian third tier league.
The septuagenarian was required to feature in 2 professional matches to clinch the honour.
He surpassed the 73-year old Israeli player Issak Hayik off the top spot.
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EGYPT
Ail Abdo Ali . Adventurer. Long Distance Motor Cycle Rider. Entrepreneur.
Ali Abdo Ali broke the previous world record for the greatest distance on a motocross bike in 24 hours (or 1 day), by an indivdual – by reaching 613.km (381.2 miles) mark.
Certified by Guinness World Records.
First Arab to achieve a world record on a motorcycle.
2nd Record held by him:
-Largest distance travelled in Egypt by motorcycle in 7 days – January 15th, 2016 , He travelled 5,864 km on his motorcycle across Egypt in 7 days.
Founder : Around Egypt on a motorcycle
Ambassador of ‘ No Place like Egypt’
www.aliabdo.net
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EGYPT
Bouchra Karboubi. Professional Football Referee.
Historical moment for Women’s Football in Morocco. Bouchra Karboubi lead as the Central Referee in a ‘ Botola Pro 1’ a Top-tier Professional League game in Morocco.
-2018 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) selected Bouchra Karboubi among the ‘Elite A’ or First Class Category Referees
-2016 -Appointed as International Referee
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MOROCCO
Ahmad Abughaush. Taekwondo Athlete.
Jordan’s first-ever athlete to win the country’s first Olympic medal – a Gold medal. Ahmad Abughaush defeated 3-London Olympic 2012 Olympic medallists to win the gold at the Rio Olympics, Rio de Janeiro 2016.
First Taekwando athlete in the Arab world to win Gold in Taekwando.
Awards:
-2019 -World Championships, Manchester – Silver
– 2018 – Asian Games, Jakarta – Bronze
– 2017 -Universiade, Taipei – Bronze // Grand Prix, London – Gold // Grand Prix, Moscow – Bronze // World Championships, Muji – Bronze
– 2016 – Olympics, Rio de Janeiro – Gold
– 2012 – Best Jordanian Athlete Award – by Jordan Olympic Committee – Gold
– 2010 – Taekwondo World Championship for Juniors , Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt – Gold
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JORDAN / PALESTINE
Fahad Badar. Business Leader. Adventurer. High Altitude Climber. Mountaineer.
Business Leader : Executive General Manager, Chief – International Banking – Commercial Bank of Qatar-
Some Records:
Education:
-MBA : Durham University, U.K.
www.fahadbadar.com
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QATAR
Hadi Souan (aka) Hadi Soua’an Al-Somaily wins a Silver medal in 400m hurdles and brings Saudi Arabia’s First Olympic Medal Victory – 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia.
He has won over 40 medals. Some of them are:
Records:
Positions / Honours:
-Board member – Saudi Arabian Athletic Federation (SAAF) / -Board Member – Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee (SAOC) Assembly / -Member, Olympic Council of Asian Athletic Commission / -Member – Saudi Sports Arbitration Centre / – Member -International Relations Committee, Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee (SAOC) etc.
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SAUDI ARABIA
Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club has signed Diaa Sabia an Israeli-Arab attacking midfielder on as 2-year contract.
Sabia who is of Palestinian origin was born in northern Israel and moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2012.
He played for the Maccabi Netanya Club for 4 years and has 10 caps in the Israeli National Team.
Sabia was subsequently sold to China’s Guangzhou R&F club and now has moved to Dubai’s Al-Nasr Club.
Al-Nasr’s move came 2 weeks after the UAE normalised ties with Israel.
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Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E) / PALESTINE / ISRAEL