Marc Hinawi

Marc Hinawi (also "Hinnawi" and "Hinaui"; Arabic: مارك حناوي‎, Hebrew: מארק חינאווי‎; born April 12, 1997) is an Arab-Israeli swimmer.[1]

Marc Hinawi
Personal information
Native nameמארק חינאווי
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1997-04-12) April 12, 1997
Jaffa, Israel
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokes1500 m freestyle and
800 m freestyle
ClubHapoel Bat Yam
CoachMeir Levy
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Israel
European Games
2015 Baku 1500 m freestyle
European Youth Olympic Festival
2013 Utrecht 400 m freestyle
2013 Utrecht 1500 m freestyle

At the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, at the age of 16 Hinawi won a gold medal in the 400 meter (m) freestyle finals, setting a new world record in his age group. In June 2015, at the age of 18, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games he won a bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m freestyle.

Early life

Hinawi was born in Jaffa, Israel, where he grew up and resides.[1][2][3][4] His father is Jaffa-born Christian Arab-Israeli Tawfiq Hinnawi, owner of the "Hinnawi Nicola" liquor chain and of restaurants in Tel Aviv and Rishon LeZion, and his mother is Maha.[5][6][7] He is Arab-Israeli, and is Christian.[2][5][8][9][10] He studied at the Tabeetha School in Jaffa, then moved to the University of Tennessee and aspires to become a chemical engineer.[5]

Swimming career

Hinawi began swimming at the age of five. Since then, his club has been Hapoel Bat Yam, and his coach has been Meir Levy.[3][9][11][12] He performs 11 workouts a week.[3]

He swims freestyle, backstroke, and butterfly at various distances.[12] Hinawi specializes in the 1500 meter (m) freestyle, and the 800 m freestyle.[13] In February 2013 at the Israeli swimming championship he competed in the 400 m, 800 m, and 1,500 m races.[11]

At the 2013 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in July 2013 at the age of 16, Hinawi won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle finals.[2][8][11] He finished in a time of 3:57.73, a new world record for his age group and a personal best.[2][8][11] As he accepted his medal, the Israeli team applauded him and saluted him.[11][14] He also won a gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle, in a time of 15:33.72, setting another age group record.[15][16] He noted that it was his "sixth Israeli youth record in total."[17]

On July 10, 2014, Hinawi came in fifth at the European Junior Swimming Championships in the Men's 1500 m freestyle.[13] Two days later he came in ninth at the European Junior Championships in the Men's 800 m freestyle.[13] In December 2014 he set a new Israeli record in the 400 m freestyle at the Israeli short course championship, with a time of 3:45.74, breaking a record that had stood since 2008.[18][19]

In March 2015, Hinawi set a new youth record for the 1,500 m, swum in Israel. He swam it in 15:41.73 minutes.[20]

On June 24, 2015, at the age of 18, representing Israel at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, Hinawi came in third and won a bronze medal in the Men's 1500 m Freestyle with a time of 15:25.63 minutes.[13][21][22][23][24] That time was a new personal best for Hinawi and junior Israeli national record (breaking his own prior national record), and was seven seconds slower than the senior Israeli national record.[21][22][25] The Baku swimming events were limited to junior swimmers, and the tournament also doubled as the European Junior Swimming Championships.[22][25] Hinawi said: "This feels amazing, but I expected to register a better result. I’m really happy, but I believe I can swim faster."[22] He said that his goal was to reach the Rio Summer Olympics in 2016.[22] In the 800 m, he finished sixth, but set a new Israeli youth record with a time of 8:07:30 minutes.[26]

References
  1. "Baku 2015 1st European Games – Athletes – HINAWI Marc". Baku 2015.
  2. Abigail Klein Leichhman (March 9, 2015). "19 under 19: outstanding Israelis to watch". ISRAEL21c.
  3. "ספורט -מארק שפיץ:הכוכב הבא של השחייה הישראלית". NRG (in Hebrew). July 21, 2013.
  4. "רשת ב – מדליית זהב לשחיין הישראלי מארק חינאווי באולימפיאדת הנוער בהולנד". iba.org.il (in Hebrew). July 18, 2013.
  5. "הערבי-ישראלי שעשה היסטוריה בבריכה". ynet (in Hebrew). July 18, 2013. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015.
  6. "ירושלים – המיליונר הערבי שרוצה לרכוש את בית"ר". ynet. December 26, 2011.
  7. "סגנון ופנאי – אוכל nrg –סרט ערבי טוב". nrg.co.il (in Hebrew). August 29, 2007.
  8. "Arab-Israeli Teen Sets New Swimming Record at European Youth Olympic Festival". Algemeiner. July 19, 2013.
  9. "Marc Hinawi; Israeli Swimmer, Winner of Israeli Swimming Championship; Influential Christians in Israel". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  10. "Aviv Omar in an interview with Mark Hinawi", israelbody.org, 7 October 2013
  11. "Arab-Israeli swimmer claims gold in youth Olympics". i24news. July 18, 2013.
  12. "Hinawi, Marc; Personal bests". swimrankings.net.
  13. "Swimming – Marc Hinawi (Israel)". the-sports.org.
  14. Ainav Weisberg (July 17, 2013). "Israeli swimmer wins gold medal in Youth Olympics". Jerusalem Online.
  15. "מרק חינאווי שב לארץ: "כבר חושבים על ריו"". וואלה! ספורט (in Hebrew). July 21, 2013.
  16. "אין זו אגדה: על ההצלחה של השחיין מרק חינוואי". וואלה! ספורט (in Hebrew). July 26, 2013.
  17. "Tabeetha Marc Hinnawi we are proud of you!". tabeethaschool.org. July 22, 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2015-06-30.
  18. "חייה: עברי ירדה מגבול 57 השניות". ynet. December 24, 2013.
  19. "אליפות ישראל בשחייה: עברי קבעה 56.75 ב-100 פרפר". וואלה! ספורט (in Hebrew). December 24, 2013.
  20. "חייה: שיא בינלאומי למארק חינאווי". ynet (in Hebrew). March 29, 2015.
  21. Craig Lord (June 24, 2015). "Swimming News: Marrit Steenbergen – 53.97 A Euro Junior Record Set & Matched For Baku Gold". swimvortex.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  22. Allon Sinai (June 25, 2015). "Swimmer Marc Hinawi brings Israel eighth medal at European Games". The Jerusalem Post.
  23. "Race Videos: Watch Day 1 of 2015 European Games". Swimming World News. June 24, 2015.
  24. "Baku 2015 European Games – Summary: Swimming Day 2". Swimmer's Daily. June 24, 2015.
  25. "באקו, שחייה: מדליית ארד למארק חינאווי". ynet (in Hebrew). June 24, 2015.
  26. "המשחקים האירופיים, היום ה-15: שיא נוער חדש למארק חינאווי". וואלה! ספורט (in Hebrew). June 24, 2015.
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