Bader Al-Muhana
Saudi Arabian swimmer
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Bader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana (Arabic: بدر عبد الرحمن المهنا; born November 15, 1988) is a Saudi Arabian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] The only Saudi swimmer at the 2008 Summer Olympics and a graduate of King Faisal School in his hometown Riyadh, Al-Muhana swam for the Indiana Hoosiers throughout most of his college career, while pursuing international business studies at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
Saudi Arabia| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana |
| National team | Saudi Arabia |
| Born | 15 November 1988 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
| College team | Indiana University (U.S.) |
Al-Muhana was invited by FINA to compete for Saudi Arabia in the men's 100 m butterfly at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing[2] Swimming on the outside in heat two, Al-Muhana ended up tied for fifth place with Egypt's Ahmed Nada in a matching 55.59. Al-Muhana failed to advance to the semi-finals, as he placed sixty-first overall with Nada in the prelims.[3]
