Lubna Al-Omair

Lubna Al-Omair (born April 14, 1987 ) is a Saudi Arabian fencer.[1] She competed in the women's foil event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Lubna Al-Omair
Personal information
Born (1987-04-14) 14 April 1987
Sport
SportFencing

She is from Khobar, Saudi Arabia.[3][4] She is 1.52 metres tall, and weighs 45 kg.[1][3]

The International Olympic Committee, to promote participation by Saudi Arabian women in sports, identified her after a "technical analysis" and decided to give her an "exceptional" wild card opportunity to fence at the 2016 Olympics in Women’s Individual Foil.[5][6] She was part of the second contingent of female Olympians who represented Saudi Arabia at the Olympic Games.[7][8] She became the first female to fence for Saudi Arabia at an Olympics.[3]

She lost in the first round by a score of 15-0, to Tais Rochel, a Brazilian fencer ranked number 80 in the world.[3][9] The match took 1 minute and 44 seconds.[3][9]

References
  1. "ALOMAIR Lubna".
  2. "Lubna Al-Omair". Rio 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. "Column: Saudi butterfly crushed in Olympic debut in Rio".
  4. "Saudi Arabia doubles female Olympic athletes from 2 to 4".
  5. FIE Information Letter, Qualifications for the Olympic Games 2016
  6. "Judoka among four female Saudi athletes selected for Rio Olympics - Times of India".
  7. "Saudi Arabia to send four women to Rio - Reuters".
  8. "Saudi Arabia: Women Are "Changing the Game"". 4 August 2016.
  9. Olympics.com, N. B. C. (10 August 2016). "Around the Piste: Women's individual foil competition".
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