Khalid Al-Kulaibi
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Khalid Al-Kulaibi |
| National team |
 Oman |
| Born |
2 May 1986 Muscat, Oman |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle, open water |
Khalid Al-Kulaibi (Arabic: خالد القليبي; 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]
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
- ↑ "Khalid Al-Kulaibi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- 1 2 "Oman's long-distance swimmers make a mark". Muscat Daily. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Sydney 2000. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ↑ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 50m Freestyle Heat 2" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 103. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- ↑ "Results from the Summer Olympics – Swimming (Men's 50m Freestyle)". Canoe.ca. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ↑ Purohit, Ashok (27 July 2011). "Omani swimmers gain experience at Worlds". TheWeek. Retrieved 13 June 2013.