Rafed El-Masri

Rafed Ziad El- Masri ( born August 10, 1982 in Clausthal- Zellerfeld ) is a German swimmer Syrian origin.

Rafed El- Masri was born the son of Syrian immigrants and grew up in Berlin. In 2009 he completed his studies in sports science and philosophy. Since the 2008 Olympics, he is a member of the German national team. Until then, he started for the homeland of his parents, Syria. At the national level it occurs since November 2009 for the Zehlendorfer TSV 1888 in Berlin, previously have included SG Essen and the SG Neukölln his clubs ..

2001 won El -Masri at the German Short Course Championships already Zehlendorf 88 4 x 50m F his first title as German champions. 2004 placed El -Masri for the first time about his parade route, the 50m freestyle, well at the German Championships and won silver behind Carsten Dehmlow. In the following three years he won the title of German champion at this track in a row, in 2006, in addition to the title of winter champion. About 50m Freestyle keeps El -Masri in 21.86 seconds the German record he undercut three times in 2008. At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008, he finished 13th place in the semifinals. In the Short Course Championships in 2008, he won silver in the 4x50 -meter freestyle relay.

For the National Team of Syria El -Masri went to the Olympic Games in 2004 and was ranked 18 50m freestyle. Two years later he won at the Asian Championships on this route the gold medal.