Saeed Basweidan
{{Short description|Yemeni middle-distance runner (born 1977)}}
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Saeed Basweidan (born 26 June 1977) is a Yemeni middle-distance runner who competed internationally for Yemen at the 1996 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|title=Saeed Basweidan Bio|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/saeed-basweidan-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418074704/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/saeed-basweidan-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
Career
Basweidan was just 19 years old when he competed in the 800 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, United States, he ran in the final heat in round one and finished sixth out of seven runners beating Greg Rhymer from the British Virgin Islands, but still not quick enough to qualify for the next round.{{cite web|title=Athletics at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Men's 800 metres Round One|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-800-metres-round-one.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112220/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/ATH/mens-800-metres-round-one.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
The following year he transferred to Virginia Commonwealth University, where he still holds the school record for 800 metres indoor (1:49.33),{{cite web|title=A brief history of VCU Olympians|url=https://aroundthehorns.wordpress.com/tag/saeed-basweidan/|website=aroundthehorns.wordpress.com|accessdate=8 January 2017}} which is also a Yemeni national record.{{cite web|title=Asian & National Indoor Records|url=http://www.athletics.org.tw/Upload/Web_Page/AAA/AAD-2016-04.pdf|website=athletics.org.tw|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
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Category:Yemeni male middle-distance runners
Category:Olympic athletes for Yemen
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:VCU Rams men's track and field athletes
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