Abbas Karimi

Abbas Karimi

Personal information
Full name	Mohammad Abbas Karimi
Born	1997 (age 26–27) Kabul, Afghanistan
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke Butterfly Freestyle
Classifications	S5
Medal record Representing Refugee Team World Para Swimming Championships 2017 Mexico City 50m butterfly S5 Representing the  United States World Para Swimming Championships 2022 Madeira Medley relay Parapan American Games 2023 Santiago 50m freestyle S5

Mohammad Abbas Karimi (Dari: محمد عباس کریمی; born 1997)^[1] is a swimmer, who came second in the S5 50 meter butterfly event at the 2017 World Para Swimming Championships, making him the first refugee athlete to win a medal at that competition. He came eighth in the 50 meter butterfly S5 event for the Refugee Paralympic Team at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

In 2021, Karimi won the US citzenship and started to compete for the USA team. He was part of the US team that won the medley relay event at the 2022 World Para Swimming Championships. He has won national championship events in Afghanistan, Turkey and the US. Karimi has been selected for the US team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.