birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name
kuwait city , kuwait 72 kg lb 0 on 1.80 0 on 3 november 1983 faisal al-mahmeed
 backstroke faisal al-mahmeed
faisal al-mahmeed

faisal al-mahmeed -lrb- born november 3 , 1983 in kuwait city -rrb- is a retired kuwaiti swimmer , who specialized in backstroke events .
al-mahmeed competed only in the men 's 100 m backstroke at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
he achieved a fina b-cut of 58.65 from the asian championships in busan , south korea .
swimming in heat one , he pulled away from micronesia 's welbert samuel to pick up a sixth seed in a time of 1:05.17 , a 6.5-second deficit outside his entry standard .
al-mahmeed failed to advance into the semifinals , as he placed fiftieth overall in the prelims .
