Reema Abdo
Reema Abdo (born May 19, 1963) is a Canadian retired swimmer. She was a backstroke swimmer.
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| Full name | Reema Abdo | ||||||||||||||
| National team | Canada | ||||||||||||||
| Born | May 19, 1963 Aden, Federation of South Arabia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Trenton Dolphins | ||||||||||||||
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Abdo competed for Canada at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was able to win a bronze medal for Canada. She won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay with Anne Ottenbrite, Michelle MacPherson, and Pamela Rai.
She was born in Aden in the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. In 1976, Abdo and her family moved to Trenton, Ontario. She would then join the Trenton Dolphin Swim Club. She debuted with the Canadian national swimming team at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. There she was able to reach the final of the 200 metre backstroke event, but she did not win a medal. After she retired, she became a constable for the Ontario Provincial Police.[1]
She was inducted into the Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame in 1997.[2]
References change
- ↑ "Biography". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
- ↑ "Member Information". Ontario Aquatic Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2014-12-22. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
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