Abbas Qali

{{Short description|Kuwaiti swimmer (born 1992)}}

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| fullname = Abbas Qali

| native_name = عباس قلي

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| strokes = Butterfly

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| collegeteam = University of Alabama{{cite web|title=Abbas Qali Alabama bio|url=http://www.rolltide.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1476|website=University of Alabama Athletics}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|10|11|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kuwait City, Kuwait{{cite web |title=Abbas Qali |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/134464 |website=Olympedia |access-date=27 August 2021}}

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| height = 177cm

| weight = 78kg

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Abbas Qali ({{langx|ar|عباس قلي}}; born 11 October 1992) is a Kuwaiti swimmer. He competed in the 100 m butterfly event at the Swimming at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships and was eliminated during the heats.{{Cite web |date=7 August 2015 |title=Men's 100m Butterfly Heats Results |url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010F020000030D00FFFFFFFFFFFF02 |access-date=27 December 2015 |publisher=Omega Timing}}

He is a member of the University of Alabama swimming and diving team.{{Cite web |year=2015 |title=Abbas Qali – University of Alabama Bio Profile |url=http://www.rolltide.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/abbas_qali_773562.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105102357/http://www.rolltide.com/sports/c-swim/mtt/abbas_qali_773562.html |archive-date=5 January 2016 |access-date=27 December 2015 |publisher=rolltide.com}} He competed and scored in the 2015 SEC Championships in Auburn, Alabama.{{Cite web |date=19 February 2015 |title=Florida Men, Georgia Women Lead SEC Races |url=http://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2015/feb/19/florida-men-georgia-women-lead-sec-races/ |access-date=27 December 2015 |publisher=CollegeSwimming.com}} He holds the Kuwaiti record in the 50m Butterfly with a time of 25.06.

Abbas is the only Kuwaiti national to qualify for the Olympics in the 100m fly category, and the only Kuwaiti to participate in a 100m event at the Olympic Games. In seasonal competition he achieved a 54.16s{{cite web|last=Abulleil|first=Reem|title=Rio 2016: Kuwaitis discuss pain of not representing country|url=http://sport360.com/article/olympics/187866/rio-2016-kuwaiti-swimmers-al-qali-and-sultan-discuss-pain-of-not-representing-their-country-at-olympics/|work=Sport 360|date=3 August 2016}} result, making the Olympic B-Cut required to compete at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics in Brazil. He swam 54.63s in his heat, and did not advance to the semi-finals.{{cite web|title=Rio 2016 Swimming: Men's 100m Butterfly Results|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/rio-2016/results/sports/swimming/mens-100m-butterfly|work=BBC Sport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105170539/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/rio-2016/results/sports/swimming/mens-100m-butterfly|archive-date=5 November 2018|url-status=dead}} Due to the IOC's suspension of Kuwait, Qali participated under the Olympic flag as an independent athlete.