(1985-10-26) October 26, 1985 (age 38) Al-Mushrifah, Syria[1]
Height
1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Sport
Country
Syria
Sport
Boxing
Event
Bantamweight
Updated on 29 July 2012
Wessam Salamana (Arabic: وسام سلامانا) is a Syrian boxer.[2] He is a two-time Olympic qualifier. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in his first bout in the bantamweight competition by Kanat Abutalipov.[3]
Salamana left war-torn Syria for Germany in 2015 with his wife and children.[4] He eventually resumed his boxing training in Voelklingen.
In June 2021, he was awarded qualification for the Tokyo Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team. He fought in the lightweight division after the elimination of the Olympic men's bantamweight division. Salamana lost his opening bout to Brazil's Wanderson de Oliveira by unanimous decision.[5]
^"Wessam Slamana Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
^"WESSAM SALAMANA". Asian Boxing Confederation. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^"Wessam Salamana". ESPN. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^Olympics.com. "IN THE BLUE CORNER: WESSAM SALAMANA IS FIGHTING TO REPRESENT REFUGEES EVERYWHERE AT TOKYO 2020". Olympics.com. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^Olympics.com. "Wessam Salamana, IOC Refugee Olympic Team boxer, bows out in Tokyo 2020 opener". Olympics.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
WessamSalamana (Arabic: وسام سلامانا) is a Syrian boxer. He is a two-time Olympic qualifier. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in his first...
Olympic Qualifiers held in Astana, Kazakhstan, Shiva defeated Syria's WessamSalamana 18–11 to clinch the gold medal and qualified for 2012 London Olympics...
Sport Event Date Gold Mohammad Ghossoun Boxing Men's Heavyweight 91 kg 26 November Bronze WessamSalamana Boxing Men's Bantamweight 56 kg 24 November...
Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Opposition Result Rank WessamSalamana Bantamweight Abutalipov (KAZ) L 7–15 Did not advance...
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