Saleh Mohammad

Who is Saleh Mohammad?

Saleh Mohammad is a Syrian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon. He won a total of four medals, for the 5 and 10 km marathon, at the 2008 Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia, and at the 2010 Asian Beach Games in Muscat, Oman.

Mohammad qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing twenty-third and receiving a continental spot from the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships in Seville, Spain. He swam in the first ever men's 10 km open water marathon, against a field of 24 other competitors, including former pool swimmers Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria and Thomas Lurz of Germany. Mohammad finished the race in nineteenth place, with a time of 1:54:37.7, two minutes and forty-six seconds behind winner Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.