Oussama Mellouli

Oussama Mellouli
Oussama Mellouli
Personal information
Surname:	Oussama Mellouli
Nation:	Tunisia
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle
Birthday:	February 16, 1984
Place of birth:	Tunis
Size:	1.92 m
Weight:	80 kg
Medal table

Oussama Mellouli ( Arabic أسامة الملولي, DMG Usāma al-Malūlī ; * February 16, 1984 in Tunis ) is a Tunisian swimmer .

Career

Mellouli won the bronze medal in the 400 m medley at the 2003 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona . At the 2005 World Championships in Montreal , he also won the bronze medal in the 400 m medley and the 400 m freestyle. At the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne , he was first winner of the 800 m freestyle and second in the 400 m freestyle.

Mellouli was on 30 November 2006 at the US Open in West Lafayette ( Indiana ) positive for the amphetamine tested Adderall. In September 2007 the International Court of Sport (CAS) therefore imposed a suspension of 18 months, retroactive to November 30, 2006. All results falling during this period were canceled.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 Mellouli won the gold medal in the 1500 m freestyle and thus prevented the hat trick of Australian Grant Hackett , who won this discipline at both the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2000 Olympic Games .

At the 2009 World Championships in Rome , he won the gold medal in the 1500 meters freestyle and two silver medals in the 400 meters and 800 meters freestyle.

With regard to the 2012 Olympic Games in London , he began to focus on the open water swimming. There he first won bronze in the 1500 m freestyle. His biggest win in London was winning the 10 km gold medal in 1: 49: 55.1.

Mellouli is considered to be the most successful swimmer in Africa.

Web links

• Profile at the University of Southern California (English)
• Oussama Mellouli in the Swimrankings.net database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Tunisian swimmer Mellouli banned for drugs, stripped of world title ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) September 11, 2007
2. ^ Doping ban for Oussama Mellouli sport.orf.at, September 11, 2007
3. ↑ Results Men's 1500m Freestyle Final August 17, 2008 ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )