Adam Maraana

Adam Maraana
	Maraana in 2024
Personal information
Native name	אדם מראענה
Born	7 July 2003 (age 21); Haifa, Israel
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke
Club	Maccabi Haifa
College team	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (committed)
Coach	Carmel Levitan
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Israel
European U-23 Swimming Championships
European Youth Olympic Festival

Adam Maraana (Hebrew: אדם מראענה; born 7 July 2003) is an Arab-Israeli swimmer who has qualified to represent Israel in the 2024 Paris Olympics. He won bronze medals at the 2019 European Youth Olympics and at the 2023 European U-23 championship in the 100-metre backstroke. In 2024, he matched the Israeli national record in the 100 back. Maraana will represent Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in swimming in the 100 metre backstroke on 28 and 29 July 2024. He stated that during a time of tension within the Arab community in Israel, he believes that as an Arab who is an Israeli citizen he can succeed as a goodwill "mini-ambassador".^[2]

^ "Patriotic Israeli-Arab at European Swimming Championships Has Olympics on his Mind". The Judean. 11 August 2022.
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[jud-1] "Patriotic Israeli-Arab at European Swimming Championships Has Olympics on his Mind". The Judean. 11 August 2022.

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