Mayada Al-Sayad

{{short description|Palestinian long-distance runner}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|10|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Berlin, Germany{{cite web|url=http://www.morgenpost.de/sport/berlin-sport/article140081705/Eine-Berliner-Marathonlaeuferin-will-in-Rio-fuer-Palaestina-starten.html |language=german |title=Eine Berliner Marathonläuferin will in Rio für Palästina starten |date=25 April 2015 |publisher=morgenpost.de |accessdate=2016-02-02}}

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| sport = Women's athletics

| event = Marathon

| pb = 2:39:28 (2019)|

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Mayada Al-Sayad ({{langx|ar|ميادة الصياد}}; born 26 October 1992 in Berlin) is a German-born Palestinian long-distance runner. She competed in the marathon at the 2015 World Championships{{cite web|url=http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-MAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf|title=Women's marathon results|publisher=IAAF | accessdate=29 August 2015}} and at the 2016 Olympics, where she finished 50th and was the Palestinian flag bearer in the opening ceremony.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-opening-ceremony|title=The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony|date=2016-08-16|access-date=2016-08-27}} In 2017 she participated in the World Championships held in London, placing 68th in the Marathon, with a time of 2:54:58, her season's best.{{cite web|title=Marathon Women − Final − Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/5151/AT-MAR-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=IAAF|accessdate=9 August 2017}}

Al-Sayad was born to a Palestinian father and a German mother, and has dual citizenship. She works as an assistant to her father, who is a dental technician.

Al-Sayad holds the Palestinian national records in the 800m, 3000m, 5000m, 10,000m, half-marathon, and marathon.

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[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/catherine-bertone Mayada Sayyad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806045954/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/catherine-bertone |date= 6 August 2016 }}. rio2016.com

[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=sayyad-mayada-1197109/index.html Mayada Sayyad]. nbcolympics.com

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Category:Living people

Category:Athletes from Berlin

Category:1992 births

Category:German people of Palestinian descent

Category:Palestinian female long-distance runners

Category:Palestinian female marathon runners

Category:German female marathon runners

Category:Olympic athletes for Palestine

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Palestine

Category:21st-century Palestinian sportswomen

Category:21st-century German people

Category:Palestinian people of German descent

Category:21st-century German sportswomen

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