Khalid Al-Kulaibi

Khalid Al-Kulaibi (Arabic: خالد الكليبي‎; born May 2, 1986) is an Omani swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and open water marathon.[1] He represented Oman, as a 14-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and later became an open water swimmer at the 2011 FINA World Championships.[2]

Khalid Al-Kulaibi
Personal information
Full nameKhalid Al-Kulaibi
National team Oman
Born (1986-05-02) 2 May 1986
Muscat, Oman
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, open water

Al-Kulaibi competed only in the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He received a ticket from FINA, under a Universality program, in an entry time of 26.96.[3] Swimming in heat two, he edged out Laos' Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong on the final stretch to save a seventh seed by 0.07 of a second in 26.96. Al-Kulaibi failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-eighth overall out of 80 swimmers in the prelims.[4][5]

Eleven years after his Olympic stint, Al-Kulaibi qualified for his Omani team, as a 25-year-old open water swimmer, at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China.[2] He placed forty-first in the 5 km race with a scintillating time of 1:02:14.8, sufficiently enough for his personal best.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Khalid Al-Kulaibi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
  2. "Oman's long-distance swimmers make a mark". Muscat Daily. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
  3. "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  4. "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
  5. "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  6. Purohit, Ashok (27 July 2011). "Omani swimmers gain experience at Worlds". TheWeek. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
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