Falih Fahmi

{{short description|Iraqi sprinter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

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| name = Falih Akram Fahmi

| native_name_lang = Arabic

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| nationality = Iraqi

| sport = Sprinting

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| event = 200 metres

| club = Iraqi Olympic Team

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| league = Summer Olympic Games

| birth_date = May 23, 1940

| birth_place = Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq

| death_date = January 25, 1989 (age 48)

| death_place = Abu Ghraib prison, Ba'athist Iraq

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Falih Akram Fahmi (1940 – 25 January 1989) was an Iraqi military officer and sprinter.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/71609 |title=Falih Fahmi |work=Olympedia |accessdate=29 December 2020}} He competed in the men's 200 metres and men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He fought in the Iran–Iraq War and worked for Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, and was reportedly tortured in the Abu Ghraib prison and later executed for allegedly disparaging Saddam Hussein.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/fahmi-falih-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418065315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fa/fahmi-falih-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Fahmi Falih Olympic Results |accessdate=12 July 2017}}{{cite news|last = الدراجي|first = فالح حسون|title = فالح أكرم فهمي.. ومشكلة صدام حسين!!|language = ar|publisher = AlHakika News|date = 3 June 2015|url = http://www.alhakikanews.com/index.php/permalink/29458.html|access-date = 10 March 2015}}{{cite news|title = الذكرى الـ 29 لإعدام القائد الرياضي فالح أكرم فهمي العسكري الشجاع والبطل الاولمبي المرموق|newspaper = Voice of Iraq|language = ar|date = 13 February 2018|url = https://www.sotaliraq.com/2018/02/13/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%80-29-%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D9%8A-%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD/|access-date = 10 March 2018}}