Bader Al-Muhana

Bader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana (Arabic: بدر عبد الرحمن المهنا‎; born November 15, 1988) is a Saudi Arabian swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events.[1] A lone 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.

Bader Al-Muhana
Personal information
Full nameBader Abdulrahman Al-Muhana
National team Saudi Arabia
Born (1988-11-15) 15 November 1988
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
College teamIndiana 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 put up an effort from the start to tie for fifth 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]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bader Al-Muhana". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  2. Baker, Razan (18 July 2008). "Swimmer Al-Muhana to make debut in Olympics". Arab News. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. "Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly Heat 2". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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