Mohamed Monir

Who is Mohamed Monir?

Mohamed El-Zanaty Monir is an Egyptian swimmer, who specialized in open water marathon. He won a bronze medal in the 25 km open water at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia with a time of 5:19:23.23.

Monir qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, after placing nineteenth 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. Monir finished the race in twentieth place, with a time of 1:55:17.0, three minutes and twenty-five seconds behind winner Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands.