Wessam Salamana
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 26, 1985 Al-Mushrifah, Syria[1] |
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Syria |
| Sport | Boxing |
| Event | Bantamweight |
| Updated on 29 July 2012 | |
Wessam Salamana (Arabic: وسام سلامانا) is a Syrian boxer.[2] He is a two-time Olympic qualifier. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in his first bout in the bantamweight competition by Kanat Abutalipov.[3]
Salamana left war-torn Syria for Germany in 2015 with his wife and children.[4] He eventually resumed his boxing training in Voelklingen. In June 2021, he was awarded qualification for the Tokyo Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team. He will fight in the lightweight division after the elimination of the Olympic men's bantamweight division.
References
- ^ "Wessam Slamana Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- ^ "WESSAM SALAMANA". Asian Boxing Confederation. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ "Wessam Salamana". ESPN. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
- ^ Olympics.com. "IN THE BLUE CORNER: WESSAM SALAMANA IS FIGHTING TO REPRESENT REFUGEES EVERYWHERE AT TOKYO 2020". Olympics.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
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