Hojamamed Hojamamedov
Olympic swimmer
Intro | Olympic swimmer | |
Places | Turkmenistan | |
is | Athlete Swimmer | |
Work field | Sports | |
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Birth | 10 June 1986 | |
Age | 38 years | |
Star sign | Gemini |
Hojamamed Hojamamedov (also Hojamamed Hojamamédow, born June 10, 1986) is a Turkmen swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. Hojamamedov qualified for the men's 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA in an entry time of 29.07. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including 15-year-old Malique Williams of Antigua and Barbuda. He blasted a Turkmen record of 27.68 to earn a second spot by less than 0.07 of a second behind winner Anderson Bonabart of Micronesia. Hojamamedov failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed seventy-second overall out of 86 swimmers in the preliminaries.