Mayada Al-Sayad
{{short description|Palestinian long-distance runner}}
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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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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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