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Maher Saleh
Maher Saleh is an open water swimmer from Syria who competed on the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation circuit in the 1970s.
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22th edition Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli
1 Ahmed Youssef (Egypt) 7h 14’ 42”
2 Claudio Plit (Argentina) 7h 32’ 33”
3 Luis Diaz (Argentina) 7h 39’ 56”
4 Marawan Saleh (Syria) 7h 44’ 03”
5 Maher Saleh (Syria) 7h 53’ 45”
6 Abdullah Nagy (Egypt) 8h 06’ 06”
7 Fuad Shatat (Syria 8h 21’ 55”
8 Habarah Hussein (Syria) 8h 39’ 40”
9 Sahara Mansour (Egypt) 8h 42’ 40” - 1st women
10 Marcelo Guiscardo (Argentina) 8h 48’ 22”
11 Jennifer Anderson (Australia) 8h 55’ 55” - 2nd woman
12 Richard Campion (Australia) 9h 07’ 30”
13 Miriam Vaccani (Argentina) 9h 23’ 06” - 3rd woman
14 Diana Nyad (USA) 9h 24’ 57” - 4th woman
15 Giovanni Occhiello (Italy) 9h 26’ 08”
16 Naste Jonceski (Yugoslavia) 9h 27’ 12”
17 Mohamud Mustafa (Sudan) 9h 27’ 33”
18 Abdullah Kairy (Egypt) 9h 46’ 51”
19 Klaus Stutzer (Germany) 9h 52’ 03”
20 Alawi Makki (Saudi Arabia) 10h 15’ 37”
21 Angela Marchetti (Argentina) 10h 19’ 43” - 5th women
22 Magdi Fareed (Egypt) 10h 44’ 54”
23 Danvier Khatau (India) 10h 50’ 11”
24 Zoheir Sharaf Eldine (Lebanon) 11h 05’ 27”
25 Abd El Awzi (Kuwait) 11h 24′ 37″
DNF A. Cattaneo (Italy), S. Soliman (Saudi Arabia), F. Burahama (Kuwait)
OTL S. Gadallah (Sudan), J. Stewart (USA)
25e Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean
On 29 July 1979, he finished 11th in the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean professional marathon swim in 21°C water in Quebec, Canada:
1. John Kinsella (USA) 7 hours 1 minutes 15 seconds
2. Claudio Plit (Argentina) 7 hours 16 minutes 21 seconds
3. Bill Heiss (USA) 7 hours 26 minutes 15 seconds
4. Juan Carlos Mosqueda (Mexico) 7 hours 28 minutes 55 seconds
5. Penny Lee Dean (USA) 7 hours 34 minutes 41 seconds
6. Nasser El Shazly (Egypt) 7 hours 46 minutes 49 seconds
7. Jorge Villegas (Mexico) 7 hours 55 minutes 5 seconds
8. Alwi Makki (Saudi Arabia) 8 hours 2 minutes 49 seconds
9. Marawan Saleh (Syria) 8 hours 9 minutes 53 seconds
10. Raul Villagomez (Mexico) 8 hours 10 minutes 12 seconds
11. Magdy Mandour (Egypt) 8 hours 14 minutes 24 seconds and Maher Saleh (Syria) 8 hours 14 minutes 24 seconds
13. Alberto Santiago (Argentina) 8 hours 24 minutes 41 seconds
14. Christine Cossette (Canada) 8 hours 42 minutes 15 seconds
15. Ossama Rachad (Egypt) 8 hours 53 minutes 29 seconds
16. Loreen Passfield (Canada) 8 hours 56 minutes 59 seconds
17. Mona Aly Hossen (Egypt) 8 hours 59 minutes 38 seconds
18. Joke Van Staveren (Netherlands) 9 hours 0 minutes 12 seconds
OTL Ibrahim Moustafa Feidalla (Egypt, 10h4m15s), Anwar Saleh (Saudi Arabia, 10h13m56s), Rémi Meunier (Canada 11h29m45s)
DNF Carlos Aguirre Argentina, 8h01m), Luis Prado Medel (Mexico, 5h40m), James Barry (USA, 4h30m)
1st Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog
On 12 August 1979, he did not finish the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Quebec, Canada.
1. John Kinsella (USA)
2. Claudio Plit (Argentina) 10 hours 44 minutes
3. Jorge Villegas (Mexico)
4. Juan Carlos Tellez Mosqueda (Mexico)
5. Penny Lee Dean (USA) 11 hours 4 minutes - first woman
6. Nasser El-Shazly (Egypt)
7. Ossama Rashad (Egypt)
8. Joke Van Staveren (Netherlands)
DNF Mohamed Gamig (Canada)
DNF Sultan Kigab (Sudan)
DNF Jose Luis Prado Medel (Mexico)
DNF Loreen Passfield (Canada)
DNF Maher Saleh (Syria)
DNF Marwan Saley (Syria)
1975 24 Heures La Tuque Results
1. Sandra Bucha + John Kinsella: 191 tours
2. Magdy Mandour + Marawan Ghazzawi: 181 tours
3. Maher Saleh + Marwan Saleh: 180 tours
4. Ossama Rashad + Amed Youssef: 177 tours
5. Jennifer Anderson + Richard Campion: 169 tours
6. James Stewart + Baher Hamid: 162 tours
7. Sahar Mansour + Diana Nyad: 161 tours
8. Jacques Fordham + Daniel Piché: 135 tours
9. Yvon Montpetit + Georges Blazy: 133 tours
10. Gilles Potvin + Raymond Cusson: 109 tours
Amateurs: Johanne Thomson + Jocelyn Dufort + Michael Dumond + Jean Boudreault: 180 tours
External links
- Looking Up Into The Sky For Energy At 24 Heures La Tuque
- Egyptians In Capri-Napoli: Marei Hassan Hammed And Ahmed Youssef Amin
- 1975 Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli
- When The Machine Dominated, A Look At The Pro Circuit In 1977
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
