Mumtaz Ahmed

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Mumtaz Ahmed
Personal information
Nationality  Pakistan
Born (1970-01-07) 7 January 1970
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Freestyle

Mumtaz Ahmed (Urdu: ممتاز احمد; born January 7, 1970) is a retired Pakistani swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] Ahmed qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle, as a 34-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He received a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 57.48.[2] He challenged six other swimmers in heat one, including 15-year-old Leonel Matonse of Mozambique. He overhauled a one-minute barrier, and saved a sixth spot over Burundi's Emery Nziyunvira by more than 10 seconds in 59.19. Ahmed failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed sixty-eighth overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.[3][4]

References

  1. "Mumtaz Ahmed". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 May 2013. 
  2. "Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 23 April 2013. 
  3. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013. 
  4. Thomas, Stephen (17 August 2004). "Men’s 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 19 April 2013. 
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